The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Romania

Tordai Piros Kalvil

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

In existence 1880s (early part). From Transylvania, Torda, Hungary. Multiplied by Berezcki from a single tree that was brought to his attention by Dr Gyula Wolf. Seen by Berezcki 1881, at which time the tree was about 100 years old.

Tordai Piros Kalvil
Where Tordai Piros Kalvil came from.

Sources

  1. Tordai Piros Kalvil (accession 1948 - 411), 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 august).