Harvest period:

  First ten days of October in the valley.

  Level of difficulty:   Low
  Parasites and diseases::

  Cydia pomonella

  Dysaphis plantaginea

  Venturia inaequalis  

  Other diseases

  General risks

  Alternate production

  Hail stones

  Pollination

  The Spring frosts

 

  Cracks in the apples

Winesap

an excellent variety of the past and it is the variety that is prefered by connoisseurs and the fruit farmers themselves. It was obtained in Winter Winesap’s nursery and was selected by J. Stayman in Kansus (USA) in 1875.

a large fruit with a rusty, irregular and cracked peel. The flesh is cream-white in colour with a green reflection. It is fine, melting, very juicy and a slightly bitter taste, an incomparable and  moderately sweet and aromatic taste.

years the Winsap is subject to cracks and splits in the peel near harvest time. It can be  conserved well in the fridge for about 4 months and in ULO cells for 8 months. They can last up until Christmas if kept in the cellar.

The agricultural firms that you find here are those in which you can start the practice of a virtual farmer. Click on the firm’s name to visit and meet the owner, or to be more precise, the person who will become your personal adviser in the choices you will need to make and who will be the operative hand in reality.

  Omar Bernardi’s agricultural farm

The orchard is situated in the fertile plain valley of the River Adige, 10 kilometres from Bolzano.


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