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In the south of Italy, a cooperative specializing in the harvesting of apples preserves the fruit in abandoned underground galleries. This ideal storage condition may well spread.
The Di Non valley, located in northern Italy and on the border with Austria, has been a land dedicated to apples since the 1960s. It is mainly Goldens and Queens that are harvested there. He should say that at an altitude of 600 m, the climate is ideal. “We have this beautiful coloring because the weather gave us a very nice gift: cold at night and hot during the dayexplains Claudio Erlicherproducer.
In the 6,700 hectare cooperative, the apples are harvested with special care, as they are sold throughout the country. Some will only be sold in a year so they are stored in abandoned underground galleries. To prevent dust from contaminating the stock, hermetic doors protect it. Another advantage: trucks come directly to collect the apples from the galleries to deliver them.