Test weight has been better than Westbred 936 and Pinnacle. Yields in southern Idaho have been better than Sunstar II and similar or slightly better than Westbred 936. Sylvan Released by Utah AES, USDA-ARS in 1996. Sylvan yields less than Rick but is similar to Westbred 936. Protein content is less than Westbred 936 and more than Rick.
Test weight tends to be slightly less than most comparable spring wheat varieties.
Height is similar to Rick and heading date is about 1 day later. Milling and baking characteristics are better than Rick but not as good as Westbred 936. A semidwarf variety developed for high yield environments in the Pacific Northwest. It has very good straw strength with excellent shattering resistance. Excellent resistance to stripe rust and black chaff.