Jump to content

Opal (apple): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous editNext edit →
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
links and orthography in infobox
AnomieBOT (talk | contribs)
Bots
6,543,789 edits
m Dating maintenance tags: {{Dead link}}
Line 4: Line 4:
| origin = [[Czech Republic]]
| origin = [[Czech Republic]]
}}
}}
'''Opal''' is the brand name for a variety of [[apple]] produced by crossing [[Golden Delicious]] with [[Topaz (apple)|Topaz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fruit-select.cz/cms/?cms_id=1|title=INNOVATION is MADE BY NATURE|publisher=fruit select s.r.o.|accessdate=20 December 2012}}</ref> Developed by the [[Institute of Experimental Botany]] in [[Prague]] and FruitSelect in 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ueb.cas.cz/cs/system/files/users/public/cerny_126/opal_eng.pdf|title=OPAL Information|publisher=Institute of Experimental Botany|accessdate=20 December 2012}}</ref> it is grown by Broetje Orchards in [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and marketed by the First Fruits company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haggen.com/pressroom/2012/Jan/11/opal-brand-apple-makes-a-difference-with-katies-krops|title=Opal® Brand Apple Makes a Difference with Katie’s Krops|date=January 11, 2012|publisher=Haggen|accessdate=20 December 2012|location=Yakima, WA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/article_96899799-ea76-5048-861c-944efb5f0c24.html|title=Apple growers marketing tasty new varieties|date=October 20, 2010|publisher=WCF Courier|accessdate=20 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theglobalfruit.com/blog/2012/11/25/us-popularity-of-opal-apple-continues-to-grow/|title=US: Popularity of Opal apple continues to grow|date=Nov 2012|publisher=The Global Fruit|accessdate=20 December 2012}}{{dead link}}</ref> It is also cultivated in Austria, the Netherlands and France.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Brown|first=S.K.|author2=Maloney, K. E.|date=Fall 2009|title=Making Sense of New Apple Varieties, Trademarks and Clubs: Current Status|journal=New York Fruit Quarterly|publisher=Department of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University|location=Geneva, NY|volume=17|issue=3|page=11|url=http://www.nyshs.org/pdf/fq/09fall/NYFQ-FALL-09-pp-9-12.pdf|accessdate=2012-12-20}}</ref> Opal is a [[Cultivar|varietal cultivar]] accepted under ''UEB 3264/2'' by the [[Community Plant Variety Office]] of the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ueb.cas.cz/en/system/files/users/public/eu16749_opal.pdf|title=Certificate on the grant of Community Plant Variety Rights|publisher=Institute of Experimental Botany|accessdate=20 December 2012}}</ref>
'''Opal''' is the brand name for a variety of [[apple]] produced by crossing [[Golden Delicious]] with [[Topaz (apple)|Topaz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fruit-select.cz/cms/?cms_id=1|title=INNOVATION is MADE BY NATURE|publisher=fruit select s.r.o.|accessdate=20 December 2012}}</ref> Developed by the [[Institute of Experimental Botany]] in [[Prague]] and FruitSelect in 1999,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ueb.cas.cz/cs/system/files/users/public/cerny_126/opal_eng.pdf|title=OPAL Information|publisher=Institute of Experimental Botany|accessdate=20 December 2012}}</ref> it is grown by Broetje Orchards in [[Washington (state)|Washington]] and marketed by the First Fruits company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.haggen.com/pressroom/2012/Jan/11/opal-brand-apple-makes-a-difference-with-katies-krops|title=Opal® Brand Apple Makes a Difference with Katie’s Krops|date=January 11, 2012|publisher=Haggen|accessdate=20 December 2012|location=Yakima, WA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wcfcourier.com/lifestyles/article_96899799-ea76-5048-861c-944efb5f0c24.html|title=Apple growers marketing tasty new varieties|date=October 20, 2010|publisher=WCF Courier|accessdate=20 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theglobalfruit.com/blog/2012/11/25/us-popularity-of-opal-apple-continues-to-grow/|title=US: Popularity of Opal apple continues to grow|date=Nov 2012|publisher=The Global Fruit|accessdate=20 December 2012}}{{dead link|date=November 2015}}</ref> It is also cultivated in Austria, the Netherlands and France.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Brown|first=S.K.|author2=Maloney, K. E.|date=Fall 2009|title=Making Sense of New Apple Varieties, Trademarks and Clubs: Current Status|journal=New York Fruit Quarterly|publisher=Department of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University|location=Geneva, NY|volume=17|issue=3|page=11|url=http://www.nyshs.org/pdf/fq/09fall/NYFQ-FALL-09-pp-9-12.pdf|accessdate=2012-12-20}}</ref> Opal is a [[Cultivar|varietal cultivar]] accepted under ''UEB 3264/2'' by the [[Community Plant Variety Office]] of the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ueb.cas.cz/en/system/files/users/public/eu16749_opal.pdf|title=Certificate on the grant of Community Plant Variety Rights|publisher=Institute of Experimental Botany|accessdate=20 December 2012}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 10:32, 11 November 2015

FruitSelect 'Opal'
Hybrid parentage'Golden Delicious' x 'Topaz'
Cultivar'Opal'
OriginCzech Republic

Opal is the brand name for a variety of apple produced by crossing Golden Delicious with Topaz.[1] Developed by the Institute of Experimental Botany in Prague and FruitSelect in 1999,[2] it is grown by Broetje Orchards in Washington and marketed by the First Fruits company.[3][4][5] It is also cultivated in Austria, the Netherlands and France.[6] Opal is a varietal cultivar accepted under UEB 3264/2 by the Community Plant Variety Office of the European Union.[7]

References

  1. ^ "INNOVATION is MADE BY NATURE". fruit select s.r.o. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  2. ^ "OPAL Information" (PDF). Institute of Experimental Botany. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Opal® Brand Apple Makes a Difference with Katie's Krops". Yakima, WA: Haggen. January 11, 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Apple growers marketing tasty new varieties". WCF Courier. October 20, 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  5. ^ "US: Popularity of Opal apple continues to grow". The Global Fruit. Nov 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2012.[dead link‍]
  6. ^ Brown, S.K.; Maloney, K. E. (Fall 2009). "Making Sense of New Apple Varieties, Trademarks and Clubs: Current Status" (PDF). New York Fruit Quarterly. 17 (3). Geneva, NY: Department of Horticultural Sciences, Cornell University: 11. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  7. ^ "Certificate on the grant of Community Plant Variety Rights" (PDF). Institute of Experimental Botany. Retrieved 20 December 2012.


Stub icon

This fruit-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Opal_(apple)&oldid=690112226"