Post by MarcV on Oct 21, 2020 5:37:12 GMT -5
Not sure if this is a "new" variety or not but I hadn't heard if it yet...
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Tarocco Lempso increasingly appreciated by Europe
It is still a niche citrus fruit but in the opinion of Lucio Oliveri, sole director of the Motta Società Cooperativa of Motta Sant'Anastasia (province of Catania), the Tarocco Lempso has all the "numbers" to become the star of blood oranges Italian companies worldwide. “I'm sure of it: customers from abroad, in a couple of years, will ask us Sicilians above all for this type of blood orange, which our cooperative cultivates on more than 50 hectares. In my opinion, in fact, the traditional varieties of Tarocco will begin to have problems in the various markets of Europe ", he tells Italiafruit News.
"Lempso is a variety of Tarocco that does not grow well in any part of Sicily: the fruits have the best qualitative characteristics when they are grown in the alluvial soils of the hills of the Catanese" stresses Oliveri specifying that "the harvest, in the area of Motta Sant'Anastasia , it can start from December 3-4 onwards ".
"Now the quality of our oranges that can be seen on the plants is almost perfect: they are well colored both in the skin and in the pulp and very good to eat, with a very high degree of brix".
The proximity to the Etna volcano favors the taste and juiciness of Tarocco Lempso, allowing the Cooperative - member of the Euroagrumi Consortium - to distinguish its production from the product of Spanish origin which, according to Oliveri, "has a much lower flavor. compared to that of Catania. In Spain, the taste of this variety is not up to par: the Iberian producers are failing and, therefore, are already starting to abandon it ".
The Motta Cooperative Society markets Lempso under the registered trademark Il Fragolino. "We chose this name because the product has a particular aftertaste of strawberry - continues the sole administrator - Fragolino is mainly distributed in foreign countries of Europe: Germany, by far, is the market that appreciates it the most. The demand is but in constant growth also in Italy - he concludes - where we are mainly working with the wholesale markets of Milan and Bologna and with Ortofin ”.
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It is still a niche citrus fruit but in the opinion of Lucio Oliveri, sole director of the Motta Società Cooperativa of Motta Sant'Anastasia (province of Catania), the Tarocco Lempso has all the "numbers" to become the star of blood oranges Italian companies worldwide. “I'm sure of it: customers from abroad, in a couple of years, will ask us Sicilians above all for this type of blood orange, which our cooperative cultivates on more than 50 hectares. In my opinion, in fact, the traditional varieties of Tarocco will begin to have problems in the various markets of Europe ", he tells Italiafruit News.
"Lempso is a variety of Tarocco that does not grow well in any part of Sicily: the fruits have the best qualitative characteristics when they are grown in the alluvial soils of the hills of the Catanese" stresses Oliveri specifying that "the harvest, in the area of Motta Sant'Anastasia , it can start from December 3-4 onwards ".
"Now the quality of our oranges that can be seen on the plants is almost perfect: they are well colored both in the skin and in the pulp and very good to eat, with a very high degree of brix".
The proximity to the Etna volcano favors the taste and juiciness of Tarocco Lempso, allowing the Cooperative - member of the Euroagrumi Consortium - to distinguish its production from the product of Spanish origin which, according to Oliveri, "has a much lower flavor. compared to that of Catania. In Spain, the taste of this variety is not up to par: the Iberian producers are failing and, therefore, are already starting to abandon it ".
The Motta Cooperative Society markets Lempso under the registered trademark Il Fragolino. "We chose this name because the product has a particular aftertaste of strawberry - continues the sole administrator - Fragolino is mainly distributed in foreign countries of Europe: Germany, by far, is the market that appreciates it the most. The demand is but in constant growth also in Italy - he concludes - where we are mainly working with the wholesale markets of Milan and Bologna and with Ortofin ”.
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