Aglandau - Green when ripe, oil and table, high oil content, hazards are Saissetia oleae, sooty mold, Spilocaea oleaginea. Self sterile, medium weight, elliptic-lanceolate leaves, slightly asymmetrical, scientific name olea europaea, also called blanquette, plant d’aix, and Verdale du Vaucluse, and are most notable in Provence in France. Good drought resistance but poor cold resistance.

Bouteillan is used for oil. The tree is know for a strong vigor with dense erect growth. The fruit is large, ovoid, slightly asymmetrical. High oil content, and the fruit is clingstone. Hardy variety, but needs light, frequent pruning and irrigation. They grow fast, and produce high and constantly.

Coratina olive trees are very adaptable plants that produce abundantly in hot, dry regions and rocky soils. It is a genetically modified olive cultivar with the most significant concentrations of phenolic compounds of all olive cultivars tested.

Cipressino (Frangivento) is a vigorous upright tree, getting its name from its similarity to the habit of the pencil-like Italian cypress. It is a very hardy tree and shows good resistance to coastal conditions but will require a pollinator to produce an abundance of black olives that are best suited for fine olive oil. 2-5 grams at maturity. Yeilds 15-17% of it’s weight in fine light oil. November to the middle of December.

Grossane is black when ripe, a oil and table olive with low oil content; self sterile. A middle strength tree. The olives have a rounded rough surface stone, the fruit is used mostly as a table olive with a sweet taste. The olive has a free stone, it does not cling the flesh. Grossane has a delicate flavor citrus aroma and slight fruitiness.

The Mission olive is a cultivar of olive developed in California, by Spanish missions along El Camino Real in the late 18th century. The Mission olive has been included in the Ark of Taste maintained by the Slow Food movement.

Nocellara del Belice is primarily a table olive, but may also be dual purpose. Producing a heavy weight olive from a moderately dense canopy and spreading branches from a tree of medium vigor. A self incompatible tree. Greenish yellow or intense green color oil. The olives are usually moderate oil content by fruit weight.

Salonenque is used mostly as a table olive but good for oil too with a high oil content, medium to heavy weighted olive. The stone is wrinkled, and rounded at it’s point, but pointed at it’s base. It is bright green when mature, harvested around September 10th for the table, and early November for oil. It’s good for making cracked olives. It will wield 22-25% of it’ weight in oil. The oil is sweet, delicate and very strong.

Taggiasca is used for oil. Moderate fruit weight, drooping tree branches on a strong vigor tree. Partially self compatible to self incompatible. The oil is greenish yellow, with high oil content to fruit weight with easy oil extraction. The oil smells of almond, aromatic-grass, artichoke, cut grass, fruity, or tomatoes. Bitter pungent or sweet oil taste.

Tanche is said to have been introduced to France by the Greeks of Massilia around the fourth century BC. Also called Perle noire, black pearl of Provence. Medium vigor tree, used for table olives and for oil. It is violet black when mature. Produces 22-25% of it’s weight in oil, and the weight is generally 5-6 grams. Very sweet taste is usually indicative of a late harvest.