Easy to grow and with a very good taste - an apple variety that has proved its qualities and deservedly become popular among European professional and amateur growers alike. Together with its mutation 'Red Topaz', 'Topaz' has become one of the most cultivated apple varieties with genetic scab resistance grown in organic conditions - and it is a good fit for home gardens, too.
Origin: 'Rubín' x 'Vanda'
Tree: habit ramified, upright to (later) spreading, moderately vigorous, with many fruiting spurs, diploid
Blossom: mid-season, flowers heavily and regularly
Productivity: very precocious, medium to medium-heavy and regular
Diseases: monogenic resistance to scab, low susceptibility to powdery mildew
PVR:
Community Plant Variety Rights EU 2777 (granted 04.05.1998)
Plant Variety Rights in Georgia GE P 2017 216 B (granted 10.07.2017)
Picking time: end of September, with or one week before 'Golden Delicious'
Ready to eat: after one month of storage
Storability: in cold storage until March
Fruit size/shape: medium to large, shape obloid, no ribbing, stem medium long
Colour: ground colour green-yellow, at full eating maturity brightly yellow, over colour (25 - 75 %) brightly orange-red solid flush with weakly defined stripes, slight russet in stem cavity
Flesh and flavour: flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, very juicy, taste very good