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Büyük Topak Ulak olive

Büyük Topak Ulak is a recorded variety of the Mediterranean. Described in the source.

Büyük Topak Ulak is one of the recorded olive varieties of the Mediterranean.

Characteristics

Tarsus, Seyhan, İskenderun, Anamur, Erdemli ve Sütçüler (Isparta) de yetiştirilir. Menşei Tarsus olan bu çeşide bazı yörelerde Topak Aşı denir. Bakım yapıldığında oldukça iyi gelişen yayvan, geniş, büyük taç yapısı vardır. Meyveleri iri, çekirdekleri meyve büyüklüğüne göre küçük olup %20 civarında yağ içerir. Meyve eti yumuşaktır. Verimi iyidir. Periyodisite gösterir. Soğuğa ve kuraklığa aşırı duyarlı değildir. Etli ve lezzetli olan Büyük Topak Ulak çeşidi yeşil sofralık “Çizme zeytin” olarak işlenir.

(Description from the Turkish source.)

Where it grows

Büyük Topak Ulak is recorded in the Mediterranean. The provinces where olive production concentrates in this region: Mersin, Hatay, Osmaniye, Adana, Antalya, Kahramanmaraş.

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

Record status

The variety is described in the source, but no detailed pomological series (fruit weight, flesh-to-stone ratio, oil content) has been published.

Other varieties of the region

Sarı Haşebi · Sarı Ulak · Saurani

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
Olive map of Turkey

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