Italia Grapes
(Production Zone and Commercial Benefits, Additional Information)
This traditonal seeded grape has a "signature" flavor and fragance, it is juicy and a prefered one for jellies, sweeties and several recipes on most of world markets, from Europe to Australia, from Middle East to Russia, the Italia Grape can be found on kitchen and production lines.
The productive cycle is about 120 days, and average productivity of 30 ton /hectare/year and can reach up to 50 ton/ha/year in well managed vineyards. Bunches are big, with average weight range from 300g up to 450g, cylindrical-conical format, prolonged, winged and very compact, with good resistance to the transport and storage. Berries are big - from 8g to 12g -, oval, with average diameter between 22-24mm and green to yellowish-green color variation. Juicy and fleshy with a slightly muscatel flavor. The crop goes from April to May and from October to December but can be produced all year, since there is programming of prunning for crops in other months if needed.
Production zone and commercial benefits
Vale do Rio São Francisco (São Francisco Valley - Bahia and Pernambuco States).
The specific geographic characteristics of this area in northeast Brazil (376m altitude, tropical semi-arid BshW climate) and the investiments in production technology and logistics infrastructure have made São Francisco Valley fruit producers achieve productivy records while keeping high quality standards. The São Francisco Valley exotics fruits are the perfect choice for improve profitability on markets like United Kingdom, Germany, France, Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, Belgium, among others where customers are demanding high quality healthy fruits like brazilian mangos, avocado, grapes, etc.
Additional Information - links, news, white paper and articles
- Fruits Trade Events Schedule on Brasil Fruit Org
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