Selva works well in both winter and frigo plantings. Fresh plants work best when given supplemental cold storage. Selva fruit is very firm but with poor flavor. It initiates production somewhat later than the others and produces large quantities of fall fruit. It also has the broadest environmental tolerance is more resistant to mildew than Selva, and is especially tolerant to spider mites.
Flavor is very good.
Fruit size and cull rate is superior to Selva. Irvine's fruit is medium to large and conical in shape. Irvine fruit is very firm and sweeter than Selva. The variety is susceptible to anthracnose, verticillium wilt and rain damage. Irvine has a lower threshold of temperature for growth and due to this grows better in cooler weather.