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Introduction

Planting

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Cultivars

Cultivar: Grosse Aberkan (origin - Algeria)

 

Information from the ARS-GRIN database:

 

“Information on this variety from Bulletin 720, Olive Varieties in California, by Hartman and Papaioannou, California Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California, Berkeley, February 1951: Collected from the Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside. Imported from Mustafa, Algeria, in 1905 by the USDA Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction. The tree is about 20 feet tall with a spreading top, drooping terminals, and dense foliage. It has a strong alternate-bearing tendency. The fruit grows singly, rarely in twos or more, on short- to medium-sized peduncles. It ripens rather unevenly, becoming bluish-black at maturity in November. The bloom is fairly prominent. The shape of the olive is variable, usually resembling that of Bidh el Hamman. Some fruits - longer than others - have a narrower cross-diameter and a somewhat depressed base-half, giving the base a truncated appearance. The stem-end cavity is fairly prominent. The pit is large and variable is shape - predominantly oblong, erect, and protruding at one side. The base-half is usually cylindroconical, with narrow or pointed base. The apex-half is much broader, somewhat cylindroid, and rounded, ending in a medium-sized, sharp, straight, or slightly curved point. The surface is rough with furrows and cavities similar to those on the Bidh el Hammam. This variety would be of little value as a canning olive because of its alternate-bearing tendency.”

 

New cuttings struck in the spring of 2010; Grosse Aberkan is in the center.

 

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