Fruit

The alluvial soils of the Bibiana-Cavour area have proved excellent for the development of a flourishing apple-growing industry, which is now at the forefront of the region. In Piedmont, the cultivation of apple trees and other fruit trees...

Pecetto cherries are fruit of the species Prunus avium variety Juliana, with tender pulp (in Italian ciliegie propria, in Piedmontese cirese or cerese) and Prunus Avium, variety Duracina, with firm pulp (in Italian duroni, in...

For two thousand years, chestnut groves have been cultivated in the Susa Valley. In the Middle Ages, the chestnut tree played a fundamental role in the local economy: the fruit for food consumption, the wood as a...

The 'small fruits' - more commonly known as berries - are blueberries, raspberries, blackberries, currants, gooseberries and wild strawberries. Due to their rusticity, these species constitute a type of crop that allows marginal...