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open-pollinated
Japanese Black Trifele
Also sold as: Japanese Black Truffle, Yaponskiy Trufel Chernyi
Russian potato-leaf indeterminate producing dark mahogany pear-shaped fruit with sweet, rich, juicy flesh and good crack resistance.
- Shape
- Pear
- Fruit type
- Slicer
- Growth habit
- Indeterminate / cordon
- Where it grows
- Both
- Typical fruit weight
- 142 g (113–170 g)
- Days to maturity
- 75 days (70–80)
- Sweetness
- High
- Flavour intensity
- Very high
- Productivity
- High
- Cracking resistance
- High
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Growing advice
- Support needed
- Substantial
- Growing notes
- Provide reliable staking. Fruit colour deepens from mahogany/purple-brown and commonly retains darker green shoulders. Hot weather can alter fruit size and ripening speed.
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