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The characteristics
Loved by young and old alike, potatoes are used to make the filling for Mugello's most well-liked dish: the tortello di patate. Potatoes that are grown in Mugello are white, yellow or red. They are generally oval, uniform and without deformities, and range from 50 to 80 mm in size. Potatoes that are smaller, 30-50 mm or less, are also very good. There is also an fast growing production of organic potatoes in the territory.
 The Mugello potato
The history
“The famine of 1817, which resulted from the impoverishment brought on by the Napoleonic wars, brought starvation to the population of Mugello. As a result, Grand Duke Ferdinando 3rd urged potato growing to help reduce the effects of the famine.
The parish priest of Olmi ( a locality near Borgo San Lorenzo, editor’s note), states that part of these potatoes where given to the poor to plant. The priest planted 400 potatoes, for which he had paid 8 lire every 100 potatoes, and reaped 12,260, which he then sold at 5,5 copper pots every 100…A century later, in the 1940’s, 400 hectares of potatoes were growing in Mugello, and the town that had the most was Vicchio”. (From “Il vero tortello mugellano” by Tebaldo Lorini).
How and where they are produced
Potatoes are planted in March. The land is then earthed up twice and often needs watering.
The harvest is in August. The potatoes are then put into cold storage and do not use any form of chemical treatment to stop vegetative reproduction.
In Mugello the white mountain potato is grown in Firenzuola, while the potato of the valley is bio.
Three hundred thousand kilos of potatoes are produced in Mugello every year.
| AGRITURISMO BIOLOGICA CALCINAIA | Town: Firenzuola Phone: +39 055 8101029 - 339 8681129 Fax: +39 055 8101029 | Production and sale of organic chestnuts, potatos "kennebec" and red potatoes "kuroda", vegetables. | | | | AZIENDA AGRICOLA BAGGIANI NICOLETTA | Town: Vicchio Phone: +39 055 8448166 | Production and sale of apples, pears, white "kennebec" and yellow "monnalisa" and "almera" potatoes, IGP marroni, and vegetables. | | | | AZIENDA AGRICOLA BIOLOGICA CALAMINI LEONELLA | Town: Firenzuola Phone: + 39 055 8144165 - 338 3380254 | Production and sale of potatoes of the varieties "kennebec", "desiree", "almera" and marroni chestnuts. | | | | AZIENDA AGRICOLA BIOLOGICA CAMBONCIOLO di Galeotti Giordano | Town: Firenzuola Phone: + 39 055 816155 - 335 5447657 Fax: +39 055 816155 | Production and sale of IGP marroni, chestnut flour, dried chestnuts and white “kennebec”, red "desiree" and potatoes and vegetables.
| | | | AZIENDA AGRICOLA BIOLOGICA GALEOTTI ADELMO | Town: Firenzuola Phone: + 39 055 816053 – 339 5977144 | Production and sale of IGP marroni, chestnut flour, dried chestnuts and white “kennebec”, red "desiree", yellow "almera" potatoes. | | | | AZIENDA AGRICOLA BIOLOGICA VIVOLI MARCELLO | Town: Firenzuola Phone: + 39 055 8101017 | Production and sale of IGP marroni, chestnut flour, dried chestnuts and white “kennebec”, yellow "almera" and red "desiree" potatoes. | | | | AZIENDA AGRICOLA DIANI CARLO | Town: Firenzuola Phone: +39 055 8144059 - 333 2641857 | Production and sale of white “kennebec” and red “desirée” potatoes. IGP Marroni chestnuts. | | | | AZIENDA AGRICOLA FARNE' EMANUELE | Town: Firenzuola Phone: +39 055 816042 - 347 7825398 | Production and sale of white "kennebec", red and yellow "almera" potatoes, IGP marroni, and marroni flour. | | | | AZIENDA AGRITURISTICA ATTULAIO | Town: Vicchio Phone: + 39 055 8493125 - 333 7965380 Fax: + 39 055 8493125 | Production and sale of IGP Mugello marrone; sale of vegetables and white "kennebec" and "monnalisa" and red "desiree" potatoes. Farmhouse guests can partecipate at the last harvesting.
| | | | AZIENDA AGRITURISTICA BIOLOGICA LA COLOMBAIA | Town: Vicchio Phone: +39 055 8448028 - 328 4764164 Fax: +39 055 8448028 | Production and sale of organic products: durum wheat, spelt and pharaon pasta, barley, spelt, spelt flour, tender wheat flour, corn flour, chickpeas, beans, potatoes of the varieties "kennebec", "desiree" and "almera".
| | | | AZIENDA AGRITURISTICA BIOLOGICA LE TARELLE | Town: Firenzuola Phone: + 39 055 8149006 - 055 813523 – 339 1586047 Fax: +39 055 813523 | Production and sale of white "kennebec" potatoes, marroni, beans, onions, vegetables and nuts. | | | | AZIENDA AGRITURISTICA LA RIPA | Town: Borgo San Lorenzo Phone: + 39 333 3660793 | Production and sale of organic products: honey (derived from honeydew and acacia), apples and potatoes.
| | | | AZIENDA AGRITURISTICA LA STAZIONE DI MONTA | Town: Vicchio Phone: +39 055 8497007 - 347 8319819 Fax: +39 055 8497007 | Production and sale of IGP marroni, marroni flour, potatoes "kennebec" and "desiree", vegetables and extravergin olive oil. | | | | AZIENDA AGRITURISTICA PIANO ROSSO VANGIOLINO | Town: Marradi Phone: + 39 055 8045345 - 333 9163417 Fax: + 39 0546 621061 | Production and sale of marroni, organic vegetables, cereals, red potatoes, apples and pears. Picking of marroni chestnuts in October in the azienda’s chestnut groves. | | | | TERTULIA - Podere Il Monte | Town: Vicchio Phone: +39 055 8493016 - 328 1782824 | Production and sale of potatoes, different varieties of honey (derived from acacia, flower essences, chestnut) and IGP marroni. | | |
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