TOPTASTE ™ Kulinaria (S)
Plum, Prunus domestica
TOPTASTE ™ impresses not only with its attractive appearance but also with its spicy and highly aromatic fruits. With its good internal qualities it is suitable as dessert fruit for direct sales and also distilling. Because of its partial clingstone it is less suitable for baking.
Blossom
Blooming date
medium late to late
Fertility
self-fertile
Pollinator
Cacaks Schöne, Felsina, Topfive (S), Auerbacher, Nancymirabelle, Cacaks Fruchtbare, Topper (S), Fellenberg, Hauszwetschgen-Typen, Tophit Plus (S), Victoria
Fruit
Ripening time
medium late, 8. plum week
Scale, shape
medium to large, 35-42 mm, > 40 g, ellipsoid to ovoid
Colour
dark to black blue, heavy bloom, pronounced lenticels
Fruit flesh
yellow, firm, very juicy
Taste
sweet-aromatic, spicy
Cracking sensitivity
low
Stone separability
partial clingstone
Plum pox
tolerant
Storage
variable, in some years there can be neck shrivel
Tree
Vigour
medium strong, semi-upright to upright, good branching
Crop load
regular and ideal yields from an early age without biennial bearing
Origin
Breeder, Place
Prof. Dr. Helmut Jacob, Fachhochschule Geisenheim
Intellectual property
Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany
Parents
Valor x Hauszwetschge, 1994
Crossing number
P 33-3
Property rights
registered for German plant variety rights and EU-trademark