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Apples have been cultivated in Friuli-Venezia Giulia since at least the time of the Romans, but it was between the end of the 1700s and the start of the 1800s that apple growing in Friuli really developed, particularly in hilly and mountain areas. From the end of the 19th century until the First World War, the region’s apples were exported around northern Europe (to Austria in particular), to Egypt and even to the United States. Today the majority of these apples have been replaced by modern varieties, and in many cases only a few trees survive. But a few heirloom varieties are still cultivated and appreciated, even if the numbers are smaller than in the past.
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