Campania · Napoli

Percoca puteolana

Dense yellow flesh with red skin shades; a peach made to perfume a glass of wine without collapsing.

Geo AMethod B+

Publication note

Publish as product profile: current validated sources do not fully document ingredients and/or method fields.

What it is

The famous Flegrean percoca, also called Percoca Vesuvio: firm, aromatic, yellow-fleshed and once Campania's most cultivated peach.

Origin place card

Area Flegrea in the province of Napoli.

Verified history

Historical depth remains limited; the direct-read source supports identity/core product description but not deeper archival history.

Ingredients

Ingredients not fully documented in validated sources.

Method

Method/process not fully documented in validated sources.

Why travel for it

A key Flegrean fruit page: field growers who remember its pre-1970s dominance.

Recreate-it pathway

For syruped peaches, use a tested canning method and label it as a modern safety adaptation.

Editorial warning

Publish as product profile: current validated sources do not fully document ingredients and/or method fields.

Fieldwork questions

Who still grows Puteolana? How do locals distinguish it from other percoche?

Photo brief

Yellow percoche cut into a glass of wine, with Flegrean volcanic land context.