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Variety of Olive · Olea europaea

Fine Ligurian variety – delicate sweet oils and choice black table olives of the Riviera (kin to Cailletier/Nice).

Also known as: Taggiasco, Cailletier

🇮🇹 Italy 1400

Taste & characteristics

mildnuttysweetaromatic

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Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Small, elongated fruit ripening late and unevenly to brownish-black.

Vigorous, pendulous, long-lived; adapted to Liguria's steep terraces.

Moderate; oil very mild, sweet, almondy – the base of delicate Riviera oils; small black table olives.

Identical to the French 'Cailletier' (Olive de Nice); harvest often extends into winter.

Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species Olive unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page

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