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the weather is rainy during harvesting, the flowers are being spread outon canvases or on clean ground to dry. Under normal conditions withno rain, the flowers are spread out on tables for cutting (separation ofthe stigmas from the remaining blossom). All three regions agree on thefact that the duration of this cutting/separating procedure is crucial forthe quality of the final product. Hence, harvesting, drying and cuttingshould take place on the same day.A2.2 SEPARATIONIn order to conserve flowers under best conditions for further treatment,flowers are transported from the field into special container. InWestern Macedonia, cultivators use special baskets, made from variousmaterials. In Castile-La Mancha, the baskets are made from osieror rush, bearing various heights and diameters. The flowers are placedvery carefully into the baskets. The baskets are not overloaded in orderto prevent damaging the flowers. In Sardinia, the baskets are made fromthe branches of olive trees together with young reeds. In case of windduring harvesting, baskets with narrow openings are used in order toprevent the lighter flowers to be blown away.After harvesting, the flowers are transported as fast as possible, inwooden or plastic containers (Sardinia) or in the initial harvest baskets(Western Macedonia and Castile-La Mancha) to the room where treatmentbegins. If the weather is rainy during harvesting, the flowers arebeing spread out on canvases or on clean ground to dry. Under normalconditions with no rain, the flowers are spread out on tables for cutting(separation of the stigmas from the remaining blossom). All three regionsagree on the fact that the duration of this cutting/separating procedureis crucial for the quality of the final product. Hence, harvesting, dryingand cutting should take place on the same day.124
Separation in Castile-La Mancha (UCLM)A2.3 DRYING OF STIGMASDrying is the most important part of the whole procedure and avery precarious one, during which stigmas lose 20% of their initialweight and turn into the saffron spice. Generally, drying can take placeby two different ways: according to the first, as applied in India, Iranor Morocco, the stigmas are spread out on large surfaces and left todry at the temperature of the existing environment (under the sun orin shadow, in sufficiently ventilated rooms). The other way of dryingis to apply high temperatures on the stigmas either through hot airstreams or by toasting them or by placing them in rooms with controlledtemperature.The latest of these techniques is used in all three European regionseven if some procedures differ slightly according to local experience.The producers of all three regions agree on the point that the stigmasshould be dried on the same day after harvesting before separation.If separation can not take place on the harvesting day, the stigmasshould be spread on the ground, on plastics, in sufficiently ventilatedrooms and on a layer of 10 cm or less (in order to avoid flower stickingand damage of the stigmas).125
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the weather is rainy during harvesting, the flowers are being spread outon canvases or on clean ground to dry. Under normal conditions withno rain, the flowers are spread out on tables for cutting (separation ofthe stigmas from the remaining blossom). All three regions agree on thefact that the duration of this cutting/separating procedure is crucial forthe quality of the final product. Hence, harvesting, drying and cuttingshould take place on the same day.A2.2 SEPARATIONIn order to conserve flowers under best conditions for further treatment,flowers are transported from the field into special container. InWestern Macedonia, cultivators use special baskets, made from variousmaterials. In Castile-La Mancha, the baskets are made from osieror rush, bearing various heights and diameters. The flowers are placedvery carefully into the baskets. The baskets are not overloaded in orderto prevent damaging the flowers. In Sardinia, the baskets are made fromthe branches of olive trees together with young reeds. In case of windduring harvesting, baskets with narrow openings are used in order toprevent the lighter flowers to be blown away.After harvesting, the flowers are transported as fast as possible, inwooden or plastic containers (Sardinia) or in the initial harvest baskets(Western Macedonia and Castile-La Mancha) to the room where treatmentbegins. If the weather is rainy during harvesting, the flowers arebeing spread out on canvases or on clean ground to dry. Under normalconditions with no rain, the flowers are spread out on tables for cutting(separation of the stigmas from the remaining blossom). All three regionsagree on the fact that the duration of this cutting/separating procedureis crucial for the quality of the final product. Hence, harvesting, dryingand cutting should take place on the same day.124
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