Grow to become large scale the békési mezőgazdasági

grow to become ‘large-scale’. The Békési Mezőgazdasági
Szeszgyár and even more so, the Békési Szeszfőző
Szövetkezet and Békési Központi Szeszfőző Szövetkezet,
evolved from peasant pálinka distilling.
It is possible to view in the Mátyás Jantyik Museum in
Békés some of the pálinka bottles produced and used in the
town. The oldest bottles were made in the mid-19th
century.
Extract from the bottle’s inscription:
‘I’m called Green Bottle when I have pálinka in me, but if I
don’t have any pálinka in me, I’m just a piece of

earthenware.’
Kertészeti lexikon [Horticultural lexicon] (1963):
description of the red plum
Common name: red plum
There are countless varieties of this plum in Hungary,
which are largely widespread. The largest volume is grown
in the area between the rivers Danube and Tisza. It also
grows very well along the Körösök. It is ready for market
in the middle or second half of August. The fruit has a
lovely appearance, but is only of inferior quality for eating.
The fruit is moderately large, with an oval shape. Its skin is
red and is covered by a light purple bloom. Its flesh is
floury, with a slightly fruity aroma. It contains a stone. The
shoots sprouting from under the tree are used as apricot
rootstock because, based on experience, apricots last a long
time thanks to this. Its seed grows poorly.
According to the records kept on distilleries by the
Békéscsaba Excise Office, a significant quantity of red
plums was processed at the locations mentioned above
from 1955. According to the excise records, distilleries in
Békéscsaba produced in 1955 from distilling 555 411 kg of
mash 25 632 hl/degrees of alcohol, with red plums
accounting for 98.0% of this volume. In 1958, the Békés
and Gyula district distilleries produced 154 045 hl/degrees
of pálinka from 3 078 761 kg of mash, with red plums
accounting for 88.2% of this volume. In 1958 the
Földműves Szövetkezet had three distilleries operating in
Békés. The three distilleries jointly processed 975 000 kg
(31.66% of the total volume) of fruit mash to produce
43 864 hl/degrees of alcohol (28.47% of the total volume of
alcohol produced). The plants in Békés, Mezőberény and
Köröstarcsa processed jointly 1 980 000 kg of mash, which
is equivalent to 89 998 hl/degrees of alcohol.
Géza Balázs: A magyar pálinka [Hungarian pálinka], Aula
(1998)
The author describes in his book the pálinka-distilling
boiler made from a steam engine, which was used in the
Békés distillery.
References:
Antal Durkó: Békés Nagyközség Története (Történeti és
kulturális monográfia – 1939.) [History of Békés
Administrative District (Historical and cultural monograph
- 1939)]
Géza Balázs: Pálinka, a hungarikum [Pálinka,
Hungaricum], Állami Nyomda Részvénytársaság Budapest,
2004 (ISBN 9789638567437)
Jenő Tamás: Pálinka. Pálinkák és más nemes párlatok
[Pálinka. Pálinka and other fine spirits], Alexandra Kiadó,
2003 (ISBN 9633686105)
Géza Balázs: A magyar pálinka [Hungarian pálinka], Aula
Kiadó, Budapest, 1998, page 29

Géza Balázs: Az égetett szeszesitalok megjelenése [The
appearance of spirits], Néprajzi látóhatár VI. 1997
7. Requirements under EU, national or regional legislation
Title
Legal reference Act No XI of 1997 on the Protection of Trademarks and
Geographical Indications
Description of the
requirement(s)
The law stipulates the regulations governing the national