The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Romania

Marosszeki Piros Paris

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:

Originated in Maros-Torda, Hungary. First recorded in 1598. Fruits have a subacid, aromatic flavour.

Sources

  1. Marosszeki Piros Paris (accession 1948 - 392), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october); the other names.