Mission

Brought to California from Mexico by the missionaries, the Mission olive is widely cultivated as a dual-purpose variety, used for table olives and olive oil production.
Valued for its resistance to cold, Mission is a self-fertilizing variety often sold as a landscape specimen. It has an erect, rising / spreading habit and reaches 25’-35’ high at maturity.

Manzanillo

Of Spanish origin, Manzanillo is the most widespread olive variety in the world. Its oil is prized for its high quality and stability. Manzanillo is also the most highly rated table olive variety in the world due to the quality of its fruit and its productivity.
Manzanillo is the variety most often sold as a landscape specimen and is self-fertilizing. It has a semi-drooping, spreading habit and typically matures at 18’ to 24’ in height.

 

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European Varieties

Arbequina - Spain (Catalonia) - Unusual combination of early bearing and small spreading habit of only 8’-10’ tall at maturity. Resistant to frost, it is self-fertile with high, constant productivity yielding a high oil output of excellent quality.

Coratina - Italy (Apulia) - Early bearing with high and consistent productivity, this medium, spreading variety is cold and drought tolerant. It produces fruit late in the season on a strong, spreading tree. Its oil output is high, and the strong oil is used for blending.

Frantoio - Italy (Tuscany) - Translated from Italian as ‘Olive Mill,’ this classic Tuscan variety has a medium, drooping habit. It is an early-bearing variety producing average-size fruit late in the season. It has a high oil output of very flavorful, sharp oil.

Leccino - Italy (Tuscany) - Grown with Pendolino, Maurino or Frantoio as pollinators, Leccino has a strong, drooping habit, and is cold tolerant. Its fruit ripens early and productivity is high and constant. The fruit has a high oil output of good quality. The oil is rich and buttery and distinctively olive tasting.

Maurino - Italy (Tuscany) - This Tuscan variety is a medium size tree with a pendulous habit and thrives in cold, foggy areas. It produces large fruit relatively early in the season, and its oil is highly regarded for its delicate flavor. Maurino requires a pollinator such as Pendolino, Leccino or Frantoio.

Pendolino - Italy (Tuscany) - Widely used as a pollinator (typically 10% per orchard), Pendolino prefers Maurino and Leccino as pollinators. It has a medium, drooping habit and produces an abundant crop of small fruit with a high oil content early in the season and over a long period. It produces oil of good quality for blending.

 

Also Available:

36” Box Trees
48” Box Trees
Field Grown Specimen
“Swan Hill” Fruitless Olives