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The Castellammare artichoke is a subtype of the Romanesco variety, from which it differs in the earlier time of production and the color of the bracts, which are green with purple hues. The earliness comes from the particular mildness of the climate and the habit of regenerating the plants each year. At the time of vegetative regrowth, the best carducci, the lateral herbaceous shoots that sprout all around the mother plants, are selected, taken together with small portions of the rhizome and transplanted to the ground.
Its origin is rooted in Roman times: a hamlet of Castellammare di Stabia, Schito, was considered at the time to be particularly suited to horticulture. Proof of this is that the area, not far from Pompeii, was identified with the toponym "orti di Schito."
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