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Butko olive

Butko is a recorded variety of the Black Sea. No measured pomological data published.

Butko is one of the recorded olive varieties of the Black Sea.

Characteristics

Yağ oranı yüksektir. Çekirdeği küçük olup çekirdek etten kolay ayrılır. Erken salamura olur, fakat az dayanıklıdır.

(Description from the Turkish source.)

Where it grows

Butko is recorded in the Black Sea. The provinces where olive production concentrates in this region: —.

Regional conditions, varietal spread and output: olive growing in the Black Sea

Record status

⚠ No measured pomological data has been published for this variety. The source carries only a brief description; there are no published figures for fruit weight, flesh-to-stone ratio, oil content, chilling requirement or self-fertility.

That does not make the variety unimportant — it makes it unmeasured. As the nameless genotypes of south-eastern Anatolia show, local varieties can beat the standards once someone measures them.

Source

Efe, R., Soykan, A., Cürebal, İ. & Sönmez, S. (2016) — Characteristics and Geographical Distribution of Olive Varieties Grown in Turkey, Zeytin Kitabı, pp. 37-80
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