Annurca [SEP] country of origin
Annurca
'Annurca', pronounced in Italy , also called 'Anurka', is a historically old cultivar of domesticated apple native to Southern Italy, It is believed to be the one mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his "Naturalis Historia", and in the 16th century by Gian Battista della Porta. However it was first mentioned by this name by Giuseppe Antonio Pasquale.
Still today it is abundantly cultivated in Southern Italy, typically at the border between the Caserta and Benevento provinces, in the valley which is called
the "queen of apples".
At excavations.
'Annurca' is one of the symbols of Campania presumably at least since two millenniums ago, as showed by the fresco paintings in the Ercolano excavations, a Roman city which was destroyed by the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79, especially at the "Casa dei Cervi". It is believed that this apple is the one depicted at the ruins of Pompeii.
Description.
'Annurca' has a white pulp, firm and crunchy, a sweet aroma