Topaz apple

Topaz apple identification images

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USDA identification images for Topaz

The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.

Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.

Visitor reviews

• 26 Oct 2024 

  Juicy, crunchy and tart, just excellent. However the wood lice love them, burrowing in and laying their eggs in the core. When they are ripe enough to eat the eggs will have hatched and the little critters will crawl out. For that reason I don't eat them out of hand but cut them into segments.
• 25 Mar 2019  GEORGIA, United States

  It’s the best apple in my garden
• 16 Mar 2017  WEST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom

  I grow the Red Topaz variety of this apple, also, I'm told, marketed as Evita. It's my favourite apple, with a very complex, almost blackcurrant flavour. I've been grafting it onto other trees so I can have more! I got the original scions from a farm in the south of England, but it grows well here in the north.
• 15 Oct 2016  BC, Canada

  Crisp and tangy when bought from the UBC Apple festival, in mid Oct. Taste lingers nicely on the tongue.
• 25 Sep 2016  BERN, Switzerland

  We have 3 dwarf Topaz trees in our garden in different locations here in Switzerland. They are all prolific bearers. One has a bushy habit and the other two require supports. Fruit is excellent, tart and sweet. I just keep them on the trees and they are good until November.
• 19 Oct 2015  MI, United States

  This apple is absolutely superb! The taste is rather complex; tangy, spicy, and a little sweet, with a crisp bite and nice juiciness. Topaz may be my new favorite.
• 27 Sep 2015  OHIO, United States

  WOW. Just tried this variety for the first time. Picked from Branstool Orchard in Utica OH on Sept 26th. What a delightful little apple!! Crisp and complex. Every bite is different. Tart, Sweet, Spicy - It's all there. Nothing boring about this variety! In my opinion they're the perfect size. I like a small apple you can eat as a quick snack. I wouldn't mind working a little longer to prepare enough for a pie either. I'm quite interested to see what that will taste like! My kids adored them. Munched on them all throughout the orchard as we picked other varieties. Definitely a new favorite!
• 29 Apr 2015  STAFFORD, United Kingdom

  Sainsburys are marketing Hereford Topaz organic apples in April. I must say they taste superb. One or two are going a bit wooly but on the whole they could be straight off the tree. English apples in April would have been impossible a few years ago! Cox went off sale in Jan and Gala in March, this is English apples of course and these were as good as off the tree if not better for storage.
• 24 Apr 2015  MI, United States

  I just bought some at the end of April in a Family Fare store in Michigan. Love the subtle tartness. The red topaz is a nice eating apple.
• 18 Jan 2012  ZATEC, Czech Republic

  Excellent taste. Red variety of Topaz exists now.
• 30 Nov 2011  Switzerland

  Very satisfying flavor and consistency. Excellent
• 28 Apr 2010  WASHINGTON, United States

  Alex, I see you wrote asking about this in February, and I find your plea 27th April. It may be too late to order for this season, but Adams County Nursery carries Topaz. By your phone # you must live in the States and therefore could order from this company. (OrangePippin.com is based in the UK; I don't believe you or I could order trees from overseas, for instance, Keepers Nursery.)
• 22 Feb 2010  NEW JERSEY, United States

  Hi, Could anyone send me several pieces of Topaz scion wood? I will pay for it and shipping. Please! I've been looking for it on the internet and this is the single topic where it was found. It is needed for my dad. He's going crazy about this Topaz for a long time. My email is alexrudniy@gmail.com cell 646-684-5876 Thank you.
• 09 Nov 2009  APPLE COUNTRY, NY, United States

  Tasted my first Topaz yesterday. One of our local growers just had their first harvest this year. I was impressed. This apple is tasty and crisp with a nice tartness. I did not think that it was as tart as a Granny Smith, so if you are looking for a very tart apple, this might not be for you, but for those that like semi-tart this would be an excellent choice.
• 15 Sep 2009  Switzerland

  I bought and planted my "Topaz" tree last autumn...The tree was an absolute delight in spring, with very healthy looking leaves and blossom..Apples appeared soon afterwards but then disaster struck. I awoke one morning to find my beloved little tree had been infected with "fire blight"...It`s still hanging on in there, (It`s now September) and did`nt drop any of it`s nine apples..:-) I watered it everyday after noticing the attack and gave it an occasional feed. I`m now hoping that next year it will come back as the healthy little tree I first bought..
• 04 Dec 2008  IJSSELSTEIN , Netherlands

  I can tell you this is one of the best apples I know. This tree is now 6 years in my garden. i get plenty of apples every year, and all that without spraying
• 23 Oct 2007  MA, United States

  Adams County Nursery has sold Topaz trees. Just fruiting this variety, I am impressed -- one of the best scab-resistant apples I have seen, and I have seen a lot of them!
• 09 Oct 2007  MAINE, United States

  Do you know where I can get scion wood for the topaz apple in the USA?

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Where to buy trees

The following tree nurseries offer Topaz apple trees for sale:

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Where to buy fresh fruit

The following orchards grow Topaz:

United States

• Georgia

  • Freedom Farms - Apple & Peach Orchard, Chatsworth

• Maine

  • Plowshares Community Farm, Gorham

• New York

  • Whittier Fruit Farm, Rochester

• Washington

  • Skipley Farm, Snohomish        *** Feature Orchard ***

Netherlands

• Noord-Holland

  • Het Keetje, Westwoud

Switzerland

• Geneva

  • Verger de Saint-Loup, Versoix