Partenio chestnut: An excellent season is expected in Italy
Chestnut Kernel
Italy
Published Jul 30, 2022
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Gerardo Marano: "If there was a good turnaround in 2021, today we have the conditions to do even better"
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There is a lot of excitement around the Partenio Chestnut. Not only from an institutional point of view (the process of recognizing it as an IGP product has been started), but also in the countryside, as one of the best seasons ever in the (almost) post-gall bladder period is expected. To take stock of the situation is Gerardo Marano, agronomist and owner of the Monfort company in Monteforte Irpino (Avellino), who knows the chestnut fruit very well, not only from direct experience in the fields, but also for his passion for unearth ancient documents. "It was time - Marano immediately comments - that the IGP was thought of for this chestnut. I have done several researches on the matter and I have been able to ascertain that, already around the year 1000, there are documents dealing with transfers of woods between abbeys, parishes and private individuals, which include the clause to transform part of the wooded area into chestnut. from fruit. A bit the opposite - continues Marano - ...
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