Maurino Lucchese is a cultivar of olive tree grown in the area of Lucca, which is in Tuscany, Italy. Its olives are grown for oil. They have an oil content of 14 to 20%, and yield a mild, delicately-flavoured oil. The tree needs another olive tree to cross-pollinate with. History Notes Native to Tuscany Italy,…
Italian Olives
Moraiolo Olives
The Moraiolo Olive tree is grown in Tuscany, Italy. The tree stands up well to colder weather, but it can’t pollinate itself. It must be cross-pollinated with another type of olive tree. The branches of the Moraiolo grow pointing upwards a bit. Its round olives have an oil yield of 18 to 24%. They ripen…
Nocellara del Belice Olives
Nocellara del Belice Olives are large, plump olives that make both good table olives and good olive oil. When being used for oil, the olives are harvested early to get a light, fruity oil. For table olives, they are harvested when they reach a brownish-green. The tree is a good producer, but needs another pollinator….
Nostraline Olives
Nostraline Olives are table olives from Tuscany, Italy. They are small but have a real piquant zip to them. Use in fresh dishes, such as hors d’oeuvres, salads, etc.
Nostrana Olives
Nostrana Olives are grown in the Abruzzo and Molise regions of Italy. They are used to make olive oil. The oil provided by the olives is deemed to be good quality. Gentile di Larino A variety of Nostrana that is grown in Molise, Italy. Gentile di Nizza A variety of Nostrana that is grown in…
Ogliarola Barese Olives
Ogliarola Barese Olives are grown in Basilicata, Campania, Puglia and Sicily for their high oil yield. The tree is cold hardy, but needs another type of olive tree to pollinate it.
Ogliarola Leccese
This olive, grown in Apulia, Italy, is a good oil producer, like all Ogliarola cultivars. This olive, and Cellina di Nardò olives, are used to make PDO Terra d’Otranto olive oils. History Notes Locals believe that this cultivar is the “Olea Iapygia” cultivar that the Romans had, mentioned by Pliny.
Ogliarola Messinese Olives
Ogliarola Messinese is grown throughout Sicily for oil production. Like all Ogliarola cultivars, the olive has a high oil yield. The tree can pollinate itself. Language Notes Occasionally called “Passalunara” but that is actually another olive.
Olivastra Saggianese Olives
Olivastra Saggianese are round olives with a high oil yield. The tree can pollinate itself and is a very abundant producer of olives. First grown near Mount Amiata near Seggiano in Grosseto province. Now grown in Tuscany.
Ortice Olives
Ortice Olives are long, curved olives that mature to a red wine colour. They are grown for both oil and table olives. They are grown in Molise and Campania. Language Notes The shape of the olive is thought to resemble the spur on a rooster’s leg, thus one of the alternative names is “Sperone di…
Passalunara Olives
Passalunara Olives are grown for both table olives and olive oil. Though the olive is only mid-range in terms of the quantity of oil it yields, the trees produce a lot of olives to make up for it. The Passalunara tree needs another olive tree to pollinate it. Grown in Palermo in Sicily, Italy.
Pendolino Olives
Pendolino Olives are small to medium-sized olives grown for oil with a 20 to 20% oil content. The oil is considered good quality. The oil is light green with a light purple blush. The tree, which is a cultivar, is a good pollinator for other olive trees, but cannot pollinate itself. It tolerates lower temperatures….
Pidiccuddara Olives
Pidiccuddara Olives are a Sicilian olive tree cultivar. We don’t have any more information at this time.
Ponentine Olives
Ponentine Olives are pointed at the end. They are let ripen till purplish black, then brine-cured and packed in vinegar and oil. The olives are firm and crisp, with a mild taste. They are grown and processed in Ponente, in the western part of Liguria, Italy.
Rosciola di Rotello Olives
Rosciola di Rotello Olives are small olives that are harvested for oil when they are a greenish golden-yellow, just before they start darkening to brown. If left longer, the olives would ripen to a purplish-black. The olives, with a 20% oil yield, are mid-range in terms of their oil content, but the tree is a…
Santa Caterina Olives
The Santa Caterina Olive tree is a strong, vigorous and consistent producer. The olives are very large, with a 17% oil yield. There are grooves on the surface of the pit inside. The olives are harvested green in September for table olives, or let ripen to black for pressing into oil. Grown in Tuscany, as…
Sargano Olives
Sargano Olives are grown in Italy in the Marche and Abruzzo regions for oil. They are harvested when purple. The oil yield is medium, but the tree makes up for it by producing a lot of olives. In the Marche, the oil is blended with oils from other olives such as Leccino, Moraiolo, and Frantoio.
Taggiasca Olives
Taggiasca is a type of olive grown in Ponente, the western part of Liguria, Italy. The tree is a cultivar; it can only be propagated by cuttings, not by seed. The tree starts bearing fruit after its third year. The trees are self-pollinating. Some Taggiasca trees over 600 years old still bear fruit. Its small…
Tonda Iblea Olives
Tonda Iblea Olives are grown around the Ragusa area in Sicily, Italy. They are harvested for oil while still green, just before they start to ripen to black. They yield a greeny-gold oil that has a slight taste of green tomatoes. Some olive oils made are made from 100% Tonda Iblea olives; others will have…
Toscanelle Olives
Toscanelle are olives preserved, Tuscan-style, in oil with herbs.The actual olives used will vary and can be any of the table varieties grown in Tuscany, Italy.
Uovo di Piccione Olives
Uovo di Piccione is an olive tree cultivar with shiny green leaves that is fairly resistant to colder temperatures. It needs another olive tree such as Manzanilla to pollinate it. The tree produces medium to large-sized olives that are used to make green table olives. They are harvested when green, and usually pickled. The tree…