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The Leccino tree grows well in cooler climates, [2] but is not as tolerant to heat as Spanish olive cultivars. The tree grows quickly and has a dense canopy. It tends to be highly productive in the right conditions and has a tendency to grow more like a tree than a bush, which is different from most olive trees.
Cerignola olives are large in relation to other olive varieties, mild in flavor, and may be served either green, cured black, or cured and dyed red. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The variety, which originates from the south-eastern Italian province of Apulia and is named for the town of Cerignola , is popular as table olives.
Black olives or ripe olives are picked at full maturity when fully ripe, displaying colours of purple, brown or black. [105] To leach the oleuropein from olives, commercial producers use lye , which neutralizes the bitterness of oleuropein, producing a mild flavour and soft texture characteristic of California black olives sold in cans. [ 105 ]
Amfissa olives enjoy protected designation of origin (PDO) status, and are equally good for olive oil extraction. The olive grove of Amfissa, which consists of 1,200,000 olive trees is a part of a protected natural landscape. Arbequina: Spain a small, brown olive native to Arbeca, grown in Aragon and Catalonia, Spain, good for eating and for ...
Cailletier cultivar near Contes, Alpes-Maritimes, with an olive harvest net on the ground The Cailletier is a dual use cultivar, used both for the extraction of oil and as a table olive. [ 8 ] In spite of the fact that the stone is relatively large, it gives a yield of oil (20–25%). [ 3 ]
The Germaine, also Ghjermana (Corsican pronunciation: [ˈdjɛrˈmana]; Ghjermana di Balagna), Ghermana, Germana, and sometimes as Romana, is a cultivar of olives grown primarily in Corsica, but also in parts of northern Italy. Genetically it is close to the cultivar Frantoio, that is grown in the Italian region of Tuscany. [1]
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