A June-bearing cultivar adapted to Central-Southern Italy environments, producing large crops of highly attractive fruits. Paros name is an acronym that Pasquale Rosati used to sign his books and belongings. Origin: Metaponto (Matera), Italy, from the public breeding activity of the Italian National Project “Frutticoltura,” mainly financed by the Ministry of Agriculture, and coordinated by W. Faedi–Istituto Sperimentale per la Frutticoltura–Forlì Section. Marmolada®Onebor × Irvine; cross made in 1989; selected in 1991; tested as 89.384.6; introd. in 1998. Tree: short-day type producing fruit in early-medium season, slightly earlier than Pajaro; medium vigor; good tolerance to leaf spot and Alternaria alternata; susceptible to Colletotrichum acutatum, and Xanthomonas fragariae. Fruit: large and firm; conic shape; very tough skin; orange-red color; very attractive; bright; small achenes are yellow and red, and slightly embedded; medium flavor; fresh-market uses.
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