Fruits and vegetables of spring are in advance

In Italy spring vegetables arrive with nearly 20 days in advance of the usual schedule.

The 1st asparagus have appeared in the Veneto region more than a month in advance. Beans, tomatoes and  and peas are already being reaped in the Puglia region the, the Campania region has already produced artichokes and strawberries.

Two weeks to 20 days in advance in most cases. The data collected by the organization Coldiretti makes possible to qualify the winter 2014 as the second warmest for over two centuries. The mild winter has resulted in early maturity for fruits and vegetables of spring, upsetting the usual schedule and making forecasts of difficult production.

This winter the temperatures recorded showed +1.8 degrees above the average in the whole peninsula, with a peak in the northeast of +3 degrees above the average observed during the period 1971-2000.

source : coldiretti it