The Sicilian netted melon season has started
The production areas between Licata and Palma di Montechiaro of the Italian company Bio Hortus, managed by Antonio Morreale, have just opened the European production season. The Sicilian fruit and vegetable season has not been touched by the bad weather of the last days, unlike other areas of Italy. The melon season has begun in mid March, with the premature netted variety cultivated under polytunnels, and it will continue until June.
Antonio Morreale Usually, until the first harvests take place, the product available on the shelves are of non-European origin. The melons that are prior to the Italian ones are Senegalese and Moroccan. The Sicilian cantaloupe, like the other types of melons, this year has grown optimally. The setting has occurred in a natural way and the fruits are growing and ripening .