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Blood oranges
Moro · Tarocco · Sanguinello
The three varieties of the Arancia Rossa di Sicilia PGI, the heart of our production. Their colour is born here, from the temperature swing at the foot of Etna.
Harvest seasonDecember – March
Siciliane Naturalmente
Organic citrus,
from our own trees.
Fifty hectares of citrus groves between Francofonte and Mount Etna: PGI blood oranges, blonde oranges and Femminello lemons.
Between Francofonte and Etna the days are hot and the nights are cold. That is where the orange turns red.
What we grow
Three crops, a harvest that never stops
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Blonde oranges
Navel · Valencia
Navel opens the season in November, Valencia closes it in June. In between, the whole winter of blood oranges.
Harvest seasonNov – Jan · Mar – Jun
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Femminello lemons
Primofiore · Bianchetto · Verdello
The Sicilian lemon that flowers several times a year: three harvests from the same tree, covering the whole year.
Harvest seasonAll year round
A year of harvests
The wheel of the seasons
Eight varieties taking turns: there is no month of the year without something on the tree. Tap or hover over a variety to see it on the wheel.
- Morodec – feb
- Taroccojan – mar
- Sanguinellojan – mar
- Navelnov – jan
- Valenciamar – jun
- Primofioreoct – apr
- Bianchettoapr – jun
- Verdellojun – sep
This month
The land
Why only here does the orange turn red
The exposure of the groves around Francofonte determines how much sunlight reaches the trees; together with the temperature swing between day and night, it triggers the pigmentation of the Sicilian blood orange.
The bright red in the segments comes from Etna, which makes the nights much colder than the hot, sunny days.
50hectares farmed
Certifications
Certified, checked every year
IGPArancia Rossa di Sicilia
EU OrganicOrganic farming
Global G.A.P.Good agricultural practice