Description
DESCRIPTION
Fantastic Bergamot (Citrus bergamia) is one of the most traditional bergamots of Southern Italy.
ORIGIN
It originates from Calabria, where it’s been highly grown for hundreds of years, becoming a symbol of tradition and calabrian culture.
PLANT
-Tree features: Plants are medium in vigour, with long green branches, growing long and sometimes falling.
-Leaves: leaves are lanceolate in shape, medium in size, dark-green in colour.
FRUIT
-Shape: Fruit is a classic medium-small bergamot, sometimes oblate at the petiol.
-Flavour: Skin is extremely aromatic, intense in flavour. Pulp is bitter, with the classic bergamot aroma.
-Colour: Light yellow to deep yellow outside depending on climate conditions, light yellow inside.
SEASON OF RIPENESS
Season of ripeness: It starts to be ready from January to Spring. However many people use it when it’s still green.
It usually starts to bloom during Spring time.
HOW TO USE IT
-In the Kitchen: Fantastic Bergamot can be used in different types of recipes.
You can use it to make amazing marmalades, or zesting it to make delicious cakes.
Liquors are also a great choice, but bergamots has always been used to produce high quality parfumes.
-Ornamental: It’s a beautiful ornamental plant for its shape and its colour.
COLD RESISTENCE
According to our tests, in the Greenhouse, or in a covered area, it can resist to a temperature of -6°C.
This variety needs to be maintained like a normal Lemon.
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