Melo Decio di Belfiore
Belfiore Decio Apple
The Decio is thought to go back to Roman times and to take its name from the general Ezio, who landed at Adria and fought Attila at Padua. Primo Candioli described it for the Agriculture Inspectorate in 1941 as an old Veronese variety worth only to growers able to bring in a large, sound crop every year by pruning, feeding and managing pests, and largely confined to the soils of the middle and lower Veronese. It spread through Belfiore, which is where the best of it comes from. Slightly flattened, green with a red flush over 20 to 30 percent of the skin, the flesh white and firm.
Designation
- Certification
- Slow Food Presidium
- Category
- Fruit, vegetables and cereals, fresh or processed
Where it is made
Belfiore and the middle and lower Veronese
How it is made
It is a winter apple, being too sharp at picking; the red flush is brought up by laying the fruit on straw or in the sun.