'BLACK TOPAZ': THE REMARKABLY DARK MUTATION OF 'TOPAZ'

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The quite newly discovered 'Black Topaz' is (after the already widely popular 'Red Topaz') another natural mutation of the well-known variety 'Topaz'. They all share resistance to diseases, low growing demands, and delicious taste. 'Black Topaz' will catch your attention thanks to its unusual very dark purple-red fruit skin colour.

Origin: mutation of 'Topaz'

Tree: habit ramified, spreading, growth moderately vigorous, produces many fruiting spurs, diploid

Blossom: mid-season, flowers heavily also on one year old wood

Productivity: precocious, heavy and regular

Disease resistance: resistant to scab

PVR:
Applied for Plant Variety Rights in Germany
Applied for Community Plant Variety Rights

Picking time: late, together with 'Golden Delicious'

Storability: in natural storage until March

Fruit size/shape: size medium, shape obloid

Colour: flushed purple-red over colour with weakly defined stripes on the vast majority of the fruit surface, some russet in stem cavity

Flesh and flavour: flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, very juicy with very good taste