Annurca apple is considered the “regina delle mele”, for its nutritional and organoleptic properties, the annurca apple is the only Italian apple native to the south, precisely of Campania, where the cultivations are concentrated in a particular way in the Neapolitan, Casertano and beneventano.
Its name, characteristic, comes from “mela orcula”, first name of the fruit, of Roman times, (later orcola, anorcola and annorcola), deriving from the area of Campania origin, the so-called area of the Orco.
Medium-sized small, therefore reduced compared to the larger apples typical of northern Italy, the annurca apple is characterized by a roundish shape slightly flattened, smooth and waxy skin and a bright and bright red color, shaded of orange towards the petiole.
The pulp, white, is compact, crisp, juicy and very perfumed, with a very aromatic taste, which changes depending on the variety.
The two main ones are the “Sorgente”, characterized by acidul aroma and red color typically striated with yellow-green, and the “Caporale”, sweeter, and with the red colour dotted with white.
This fruit has important beneficial and therapeutic properties for our organism.
