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Topaz
type: Dessert
synonyms: Crimson Topaz. Note that there is also a British apple by this name. Please see Topaz (Seabrook) .
identification: Medium tending to large. Round.The base colour is yellow at maturity, typically washed to between 40 and 70% with bright red, with a dense pattern of darker stripes and scattered small lenticels. The calyx is large and closed, sometimes partly open, set in a medium deep and medium narrow basin, surrounded by a lightly knobbed crown. The stem is short to medium length and set in a shallow, russeted cavity. The skin is thick and tends to feel greasy when ripe and in storage. Lightly ribbed. A greasy feel develops on the skin at maturity and in storage.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, fine-grained, crisp and firm, but becoming softer in storage. Very juicy, sweet, sharp, spicy and aromatic.
origins: Bred at the Institute for Experimental Botany, Strizovice (Czech Republic) by crossing Rubin and Vanda . Introduced in 2001.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous and upright spreading tree. Spur bearer. Moderately heavy annual crops. Precocious. Need to be rigorously thinned at fruit set to achieve the proper fruit size.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months with some spoilage, two months longer in controlled atmosphere storage. Full flavours develop two to three weeks after harvest.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab and slightly susceptible to mildew and blight.
harvest: Ready for harvest by the beginning of the fifth period. Virtually no fruit drop.
notes: High Vitamin C content.
pollination group: E
pollination peak: 16
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 16
brix: 12.4
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 5
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