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Sicily’s Mediterranean
climate and rich soil provides an opportune condition
for growing a variety of vegetables, fruits and grapes. The
following is a description of the agricultural products and business. Produce
thrives with over 300 days of sunshine each year and winters are short and
mild. Most produce grow to full-flavored ripeness in such a climate, much
like California. Olive trees grow naturally and in abundance on Sicily.
Sicily is the main orange and lemon growing regions in Italy. Citrus blossoms
fills the air of the Sicilian countryside. Produce grown includes grape
vines, pistachios, hazelnuts, almonds and pine nuts. The vegetable crop
includes artichokes, onions, eggplants (aubergines), broccoli, celery and, of
course, tomatoes. |
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Red tomato (POMODORO ROSSO) in bunches RITA variety picked from
the 20th of December till the 30th of March, and from the 15th of May till
the 30th of June. Tomato Insalaro MARMANDE (POMODORO INSALATARO VARIETA' MARMANDE variety (COSTOLUTO) from the 15th of March till the
30th of April. Strawberry (FRAGOLA) from December till July. Red, Yellow, and Green Peppers (PEPERONI ROSSI,GIALLO,VERDE) from December till the first days of April. Zucchini, Eggplants, Cucumbers,
Cabbage
(ZUCCHINE,MELENZANE,CETRIOLI.CAVOLO CAPUCCIO) from December till May. Lettuce variety(ICEBERG) picked from the end the end of October till
the end of March. Carrots variety (RUZZO) from the 1st of April till the end of May. Cataloupes (MELONI GIALLI) from June till July. Hard Wheat (GRANO DURO) from June till July. Extra Virgin Olive Oil (OLIO D'OLIVA EXTRA VERGINE) from November onwards. Lemons, Tangerines (LIMONI,MANDARINI) from December till august. Sicily and Sardinia are the leading regions
in organic agriculture in Italy. |
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Arance - dark mandarin oranges.
Blood Oranges are another unique fruit. |
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Sicily’s
various climate and sunny environment providess incredible
Sicilian Gastronomy. |
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The
History of Oranges in Sicily goes back to its Arabic
influence. The first European gourmet was Archestratus of Gela, a Greek
Sicilian who lived in the fourth century before Christ, since then the
development of
Sicilian Products has an interesting history. During Roman domain, Sicily was its Bread basket. |