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CrimsonTopazTM apple tree

CrimsonTopaz is listed in the RHS Plants for Pollinators
  • Picking season: Late
  • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
  • Pollination group: 3

Topaz is a mid-season scab-resistant apple variety with a good balanced sweet-sharp flavor.

CrimsonTopaz is essentially an orange-flushed apple, but will readily color-up to a crimson red in climates with sunny fall days and cool nights.

The apples will hang on the tree and can be picked over an extended period. Alternatively, this is a great variety for deer and birds, and the apples will readily stay on the tree until late December.

CrimsonTopaz apple trees for sale

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  • 1Dwarf 1-year bare-root tree $39.20
    Mature height: 6ft-9ft after 10 years
    G.11 rootstock
  • 2Semi-dwarf 1-year bare-root tree $39.20
    Mature height: 8ft-12ft after 10 years
    G.890, G.935 rootstock
  • 3Semi-standard 1-year bare-root tree $39.20
    Mature height: 10ft-16ft after 10 years
    Semi-vigorous rootstock
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How to grow

CrimsonTopaz is easy to grow and has good scab-resistance. The trees are moderately vigorous and precocious.

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History

CrimsonTopaz was developed by Dr. Jaroslav Tupy and his team at the Institute of Experimental Botany of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (IEB). It is a red sport of the original Topaz, which in turn has a complex ancestry, but is distantly related to Lord Lambourne and James Grieve, and seems to inherit some of the juicy tartness of these varieties.

CrimsonTopaz characteristics

  • Gardening skillBeginner
  • Self-fertilityNot self-fertile
  • Pollination group3
  • Pollinating othersAverage
  • Picking seasonLate
  • UsesEating freshJuice
  • Keeping (of fruit)1-2 months
  • General resistanceGood
  • ScabVery resistant
  • MildewSome resistance
  • Summer maximum temperaturesCool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)
  • Country of originCzech Republic
  • Period of origin1950 - 1999
  • Flesh colourCream
  • Fruit colorRed - dark