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Com’è dolce l’uva fogarina
Inno all’uva
Uva bianca uva nera
Uva uva
Cu quattru soddi m’accattai na vigna
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What Italian Canadians Most Often Grow in Their Gardens
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Il Contadino (The Peasant)
Salvatore Zilembo
Canada
1980
Oil on canvas
Canadian Museum of Civilization
For Salvatore Zilembo, this painting depicts much more than a peasant
taking a break at harvest time. Based on childhood memories, it also
captures the pleasure of living close to nature, and the peasant's
love for his land and its produce.
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Vegetables
Arugula (rucola)
Cabbage (cavolo)
Carrots (carote)
Celery (sedano)
Eggplant (melanzane)
Onions (cipolle)
Peppers (peperoni)
Zucchini (zucchini)
Lettuce (lattuga), including:
Scarola
Foglia di Quercia
Romana
Radicchio di Chioggia
Radicchio di Treviso
Friulian radicchio
Legumes
Beans (fagioli) - various types
Fava beans (fave) - various types
Green beans (fagiolini) - various types
Aromatic Plants and Herbs
Basil (basilico) - genovese (small leaves) or napoletano (large leaves)
Bay (alloro)
Fennel (finocchio)
Hot peppers (peperoncini) - several varieties
Mint (menta)
Oregano (oregano)
Parsley (prezzemolo)
Rosemary (rosmarino)
Sage (salvia)
Tarragon (estragone)
Thyme (timo)
Fruit
Apples (mele)
Figs (fichi)
Grapes (uva)
Pears (pere)
Plums (prugne)
Tomatoes (pomodori) - several varieties
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Tree-pruning knife
Latium region, Italy
1960s
Used in Canada
Metal, wood
Lent by Carlo Ferrera
This instrument was used in Italy to prune fruit trees or cut firewood.
Here in Canada, Carlo Ferrera uses it to prune the trees in his garden.
The curved inner edge is for cutting narrow branches, and the outer edge
serves as a hatchet, for cutting large branches or trunks.
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(1) Vine-grafting knife
Made by Carmine Michele Zilembo
Molise region, Italy
1950s
Used in Canada
Metal, goat horn
Lent by Salvatore Zilembo
(2) Pruning shears
Latium region, Italy
Date unknown
Used in Canada
Metal
Lent by Orazio Di Cocco
(3) Axe
Handle made by Salvatore Valenti
Sicily region, Italy
c. 1948
Used in Canada
Metal, wood
Lent by Salvatore Valenti
(4) Brush-clearing tool
Latium region, Italy
1930s
Used in Canada
Metal, wood
Lent by Pompilio Rocca |
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(5) Sickle
Made by Salvatore Lamonica
Canada
1962
Metal, wood
Lent by Salvatore Lamonica
(6) Sickle
Made by Felice Alfonso Rocca
Latium region, Italy
1940s
Used in Canada
Metal, wood
Lent by Pompilio Rocca
In Italy, this sickle was used for cutting hay, wheat and shrubs.
Here in Canada, it was used to clear scrub and weeds.
(7) Pruning shears
Sicily region, Italy
1950s
Used in Canada
Metal
Lent by Salvatore Valenti
Salvatore Valenti pruned olive trees in Italy. It was one of his
specialties. Thinking that these shears might come in handy, he brought
them to Canada, where he used them in his garden.
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