Milwa (Diva®, Diwa®, Junami®)

Crop
Apple
Cultivar
Milwa (Diva®, Diwa®, Junami®)

Notable for globose fruit and luminous red color. Origin: Federal Research Station Agroscope Changins-Wadenswil, Wadenswil, Switzerland by M. Kellerhals and A. Aeppli. XII A 277 × Elstar; selected 1987; USPP 19,615; 6 Jan. 2009. Fruit: broad globose to conical globose to conical; medium, 77 mm diameter; little crowning; little greasiness; high amount and intensity of orange-red to red-purple overcolor over yellow-green ground color; little russet; flesh yellow-white, firm and crunchy; flavor aromatic and slightly acidic. Tree: weak-medium vigor, spreading habit, and 70-90° crotch angles; blooms with Braeburn, Golden Delicious, Pinova, and Fuji; average susceptibility to scab, susceptible to powdery mildew and fireblight; ripens 1 week before Golden Delicious.