Blond Orange of Scillato
Orange with leaf on a white background.
Product included in the national list of traditional agri-food products (PAT)
PAT type: Vegetable products in their natural state or processed
Production area: Scillato
Technical data sheet of the traditional agri-food product (PAT)
Territory interested in production: Scillato.
Brief description of the product: Spherical or slightly oval fruit, thin skin, pale orange color, light pulp, presence of seeds.
Description of the processing and maturing methods: Grafting on wild orange in the period from April to May, irrigation from May to October with water from the Agnello and Gulfone springs, ripening and harvesting from March to April.
Specific materials and equipment used for preparation and conditioning: No further post-collection operations are performed.
Description of the processing, storage and maturing rooms: No further post-collection operations are performed.
Elements proving that the methodologies have been practiced in a homogeneous way and according to traditional rules for a period of not less than 25 years: The age of the orchards and the documentation relating to the distribution of irrigation shifts of the waters of the springs.
Source Pat Cards: Sicily Region
Card insertion: Ignazio Caloggero
Information contributions: Web, Region of Sicily
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