Olive Varieties

Arbequina - Small fruit. Considered cold resistant. Early cropping variety. High oil content. Spanish variety.

Azapa - Large table fruit. Suits warm to moderate climates. Good bearer.

Barnea - Medium to high oil content. Potential for heavy, early cropping. Can be pickled. Originating in Israel.

Barouni - Large table fruit. For wam to cold areas, good bearer. Mid/late season.

Correggiola - Small/Medium fruit. High oil content. Heavy crops. Ripens late. Tuscan variety.

Frantoio - Small/Medium fruit. High oil content. Heavy cropper. Ripens mid/late season. Origins in Tuscany, Italy. Often pickled with a nutty flavour.

Hardy's Mammoth - Large, dual purpose. Mainly pickled. Ripens early. Prefers cold areas.

Jumbo Kalamata (Grafted Tree) - Excellent very large table fruit with a small seed. Not a true Kalamata.

Kalamata (Grafted Tree) - Dual purpose. Greek table variety. Medium crops. Excellent pickled fruit. Medium oil content of good quality.

Koroneiki - Small fruit. Very good oil. High oil yields. Greek origin.

Leccino - Small-medium sized fruit. Considered dual purpose. Medium to high oil content. Early cropper. Cold resistant.

Manzanillo - Medium/Large fruit. Dual purpose. High quality oil and excellent pickling fruit. Heavy cropper. Ripens early. Spanish origin.

Nabremri - Large table fruit. Good flesh to pit ratio. Regular moderate to heavy crops.

Nevadillo Blanco - Medium sized fruit. Dual purpose. High oil content. Heavy crops. Ripens early to mid season. Spanish variety.

Picholine - An important French, dual purpose variety. High quality oil, medium to high yield. Oval fruit, similar in size to Kalamata. Best pickled green. Ripens mid-late season. Cold tolerant.

Picual - Small-medium sized fruit. High level of qulaity oil. Cool to warm areas. Spanish origin. Sevillano (Grafted Tree) - Large sized pickling fruit. Medium crops. Quite good flesh to pit ratio. Very cold resistant.

South Australian Verdale - Medium/Large oval shaped fruit. Dual purpose. Low/Medium oil content, but high quality oil. Good cropper.

UC13A6 - Very large table fruit. Heavy regular crops. Ripens early/mid season. Pickled green.

Volos (Grafted Tree) - Large dual purpose fruit. Oil content believed to be very high. Pickled black. Very cold resistant variety. Greek origin.

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