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Introduction

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Cultivars

Cultivar: Vassilika (origin - Greece)

 

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: Imported from Greece in 1947 and 1949. Vassiliki (Royal) has not yet been established as a commercial variety in Greece, although it is considered promising there, suitable for making excellent-quality black and green pickles. The fruit is relatively large, oval in shape, with a fairly small pit On a fresh-weight basis, the oil content is about 16 per cent and the flesh-to-pit ratio is 7.6 to 1.”