Cut the mature gourds off of the vines when the leaves and stem begin turning brown. Use sharp pruners to make a nice, even cut. Leave 1 to 2 inches (2.5 to 5 cm) of stem attached to each gourd. Leaving this bit of stem is important because it helps with the evaporation of water.
Carmela Corleone. Carmela Corleone (1897â1959), a fictional character in Mario Puzo's The Godfather, is the wife of Don Vito Corleone. Carmela is portrayed by Italian-American Morgana King in Francis Ford Coppola's film adaptation of the novel, as well as in The Godfather Part II.
The trilogy is mainly set in New York, but Sicily is there too right from the start. The Corleone home is imbued with it from the wedding celebrations of the daughter of the family, to the clothes and gestures of the characters and their customs and traditions. The Godfather-Francis Ford Coppola. We leave the Big Apple for the first time when Michael is obliged to escape and hide out after he kills his fatherâs contract killer. He takes refuge in Sicily, in Corleone, in his familyâs town of origin, the town that they are named after. Sicilyâs beauty, so different from 1950s New York, enfolds in all its splendour right from the first scenes.