Eğriburun olive: characteristics, oil content and growing areas
The lowest oil content on the list (17%) but the highest flesh ratio (89%) — a pure table variety.
Eğriburun holds both ends of the list at once: the lowest oil content (17%) and the highest flesh ratio (89%). It grows around Nizip and is purely a table olive.
Eğriburun in numbers
| Oil content | 17% |
| Fruits per kilo | 165 |
| Flesh ratio | 89% |
| Use | Table |
| Main areas | Nizip |
Source: Efe, Soykan, Cürebal and Sönmez (2016), Zeytin Kitabı. Fields the source leaves blank are shown as "—"; nothing has been estimated.
Where does it sit among the 17?
| Oil content | 17. of 17 |
| Fruit size (largest first) | 2. of 14 |
| Flesh ratio | 2. of 14 |
Ranking is computed from the measured values in the same source; varieties the source leaves blank are excluded from that column.
In short
Eğriburun is the exception that stayed a table olive within the southeast's oil-dominated variety mix. In the same region Kilis Yağlık gives 31%, Kalem Bezi 31% and Nizip Yağlık 27%, while Eğriburun stops at 17% — yet it beats them all on flesh.
It shows there is no "good" or "bad" variety: the same number is an advantage or a drawback depending on what you are growing for.
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