The mother plants were recovered in various parts of Umbria. Its origin is unknown but it used to be cultivated in the high hill areas. In the areas where it was widespread only a very few specimens here and there are left. Its name derives from its late maturation with its harvest time being as late as the month of March. The tree is not too vigorous, hardy, with a spreading habit and average productivity. It is extraordinarily late both in the opening of the buds and in blooming, the latter happening in May. The fruit is medium-small, markedly whirly and flattened, and with short and medium-thick stem. There is no calyx. The skin is thick, an even green but totally russeted. The flesh is not too juicy, an off-white and generally granular. It is harvested very late, around the beginning of December and it stores in the straw in the fruit-house for a long time. It can be eaten once soft or after roasting. It is a very old variety and was especially valued for its remarkable lateness. It is stored with the stem still attached to the branch and hung from the ceiling in a dark and dry room, as Marziale tells us.