Variety sheet
Topaz
Fruit Topaz
Origin
Rubin x Vanda
Synonyms
n. a.
Agronomic Profile
Flowering: medium, diploid 
Vigour: medium 
Susceptibility: n. a. 
Productivity: Productivity strong, tends to biennial bearing, no preharvest fruit drop 
Harvest time: 2-0 Week before Golden Delicious 
Fruit
Size and shape: large, flattened globular 
Ground and overcolour: Ground colour yellow-green; Overcolour red, compact, striped; medium (50%) 
Susceptibility to russeting: little rustiness of the fruit 
Firmness of the pulp: 7,4-8,1 kg/cm ²at harvest 
Tendency to browning of pulp: medium oxidation 
Sugar content: 12,0-13,0 °Brix at harvest 
Acid content: 8,5-11,0 g/L MA at harvest 
Total content of Polyphenols1: in the peel: 283,8 ± 32,7 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 99,7 ± 21,1 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW 
TAC1: in the peel: 335,4 ± 46,6 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 211,7 ± 24,0 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C1: in the peel: 36,9 ± 7,7 mg/100 g FW; in the pulp: 4,2 ± 0,5 mg/100 g FW 
Pectin1: in the pulp: 1,7 ± 0,5 g/100g FW 
Flavour: n. a. 
Storage: in cool store up to 3 Months 
Characteristics: tendency to bitter pit 
Juice production
Yield: yield very low  
Stability of the colour: little oxidation after decanting 
Sugar content: 12,3 °Brix 
Acid content: 6,8 g/L MA 
pH: 3,35 
Total content of Polyphenols: 31,6 ± 0,9 mg Catechin/100 mL juice 
TAC: 53,1 ± 1,8 mg Trolox/100 mL juice 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C: 1,77 ± 0,01 mg/L juice 

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1 after two months of normal cool storage
2 only for red fleshed varieties