Senatore Cappelli ancient wheat

Triticum turgidum durum

The Cappelli variety of wheat is the ancestor of the majority of durum wheats grown in Italy, selected in the early 1900s

The durum wheat Senatore Cappelli or Cappelli variety, was the first type of wheat selected in the early 1900s by the “wheat genius”, Nazareno Strampelli, starting with a population of North African landrace, Jeahn Rhetifah.

It takes its name from Abruzzi senator, Raffaele Cappelli, promoter of agricultural reform, who extended the cultivation of wheat even into non-dedicated areas, to meet the need for self-sufficiency.

Its rustic nature meant that Cappelli wheat could adapt perfectly to marginal soils, being the most cultivated wheat variety until the spread of the more productive varieties of a shorter size.

Cappelli wheat has a good protein content.

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