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| "De vièrne" Pear
The fruits have a small-medium size, rhomboid-shaped, and a green color becoming red when they are ripe; the pulp is dry and compact. It is a pear ripening late in the autumn and in winter, which preserves well over the time. It is very appreciated for its good taste. Its name derives from its ripening season.... >> | |
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| Gelata Apple
Gelata apple has been named after its characteristic vitreous pulp, deriving from the gelatinization (from here the name Gelata) of some cells that make it harder and less juicy. The pulp is white, slightly acidulous, very aromatic, juicy, and sweet. It is characterized by its aptitude to preservation both on the tree and in premises or outdoor places (balconies, terraces). In the past, it was a v... >> | |
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| Limoncella Apple, Meloncella, Lemon Apple
The fruits have a medium or medium-small size and a conic-spherical or cylindric-conic and often asymmetric shape. The fruits have an intense yellow color with small rust colored spots, a white and slightly acidulous pulp: from here the name "limoncella", describing an aromatic and very scented pulp.... >> | |
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| Mangione Apple
Apple with small-medium size fruits and a generally ellipsoidal shape found in the area of Pizzoferrato. The color is intense yellow, but when the apple is completely ripe it is covered with vertical red streaks. It has a crunchy pulp, with an average density and a pleasant taste. It is characterized for its aptitude for preservation (until late winter).... >> | |
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| Paradiso Apple
The fruits are characterized by an irregular shape (they are asymmetric), mainly spherical-flat. They are also characterized by a slight oiliness of the peel. Widespread in a large territory, it was already mentioned by Prosperi (1877-1885) for the area of Penne - Lanciano.... >> | |
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| Piana Apple, Casolana Apple, or Altino Apple
They are tough trees with very scented and medium-size fruits with the characteristic flat-rounded shape, a white and slightly acidulous pulp, aromatic and crunchy. In the past it was a very well-known and widespread variety, already mentioned by the poet Gianbattista Marino (Croce 1925) who, between the 16th and 17th century was guest of the Lords of Conca, owners of the important feudal state of... >> | |
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| Pomo di Renzo Peach
Peach variety with a tomentose peel and a basic yellow color partly covered by evident reddening. Light yellow pulp with a medium compactness. Local variety characterized by a late ripening (end September, beginning of October), already mentioned by Finamore (1889 and 1893) and by Bielli (1930).... >> | |
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| St. John Pear
Summer pear with small-size and pear-shaped fruits; its peel has a basic yellow color, with localized reddening and grey small spots. The soft pulp has a pleasant taste only when it is complete ripe, when it is very sweet. It ripens at the end of June, close to St. John Day (24th June), from where its name derives. It is a pear with a very large distribution area, whose ancient presence in the ter... >> | |
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| Testa Rosce Peach
Peach variety characterized by a late ripening (October), with small-medium size fruits and a tomentose peel which, after the onset of ripening, becomes grayish while, when the fruit is ripe, the basic yellow color is almost completely covered with several dark red streaks. The name Testa Rosce is linked to the characteristic dark red pulp which most of the pulp assumes when it is completely ripe... >> | |
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| Thirty-three Ounce Pear
A variety ripening in winter, with rather big and egg-shaped fruits, with a green color almost entirely covered by a light brown. The pulp, of medium compactness, has a pleasant taste. This pear was already mentioned in the 18th century by Torcia after his journey "in the town of Peligni" (Torcia 1973), whose name can be ascribed to the weight of the fruit.... >> | |
