The olive varieties may be suitable for table olives, production of oil of olive or have a mixed use oil/snack.
They are known olive varieties:
Alfafara, Arbequina, Arbosana, Alfafarenca, Arroniz, Ascolana Tenera, Biancolilla, Blanqueta, Bosana, Castellana o Verdeja, Carolea, Cassanese, Changlot Real, Chemlali, Coratina, Cornezuelo, Cornicabra, Sikitita, Dolce Agogia, Empeltre, Farga, Frangivento (Cipressino), Gordal Sevillana, Hojiblanca, Itrana, Koroneiki, Lazzero, Leccino, Leccio Del Corno, Lechín de Granada, Lechín de Sevilla, Negral, Nocellara del Belice, Manzanilla Cacereña, Manzanilla Sevillana, Maurino, Morchiaio, Moraiolo, Morisca, Ocal, Pico Limón, Picual, Picudo, Piricuddara, Roggianella, Royal de Cazorla, Semidana, Serrana de Espadán, Taggiasca, Verdial de Badajoz, Pajarero, Pendolino, Picholine, Rosciola, Frantoio, Villalonga, Ogliarola Messinese, Ogliarola Barese, Cerasuola, Casaliva, Ravece, Piangente, Peranzana
We can buy seedlings at the following olive nurseries.
The table olives must be of good taste, with high pulp/bone ratio and of nice color.
Within the selected olive variety, olives of large size are more valued. This is because olives have a better pulp / bone ratio.
It is valued that the olive does not”bother”.
The damage that appears on the surface of the olive is called”bothered”. These damages are due to the blows and rubs that the olives suffer during the process of collection and transformation.
Olive oil varieties (olive oil production): It should have, a high fat yield, collection facility is sought, high and constant production.
Within the olive varieties suitable for mill, new varieties are being sought. A high planting density, high productivity is desired, yield olives high fat, disease resistance, pruning and fully mechanized collection…
Each variety produces an oil of different properties, characteristics organoleptic and chemical composition.
Olive oils Picual, Hojiblanca, Arbequina and Cornicabra are the most abundant in Spain.
The farmland, the climate, the care taken to the olive tree and the mechanized harvesting influence the quality of olive oil.
We have translated the information on our website from Spanish to English. Note that some words may have seen their meaning altered during their translation.
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