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İzmir Sofralık olive

İzmir Sofralık is a recorded variety of the Aegean. Described in the source.

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İzmir Sofralık is one of the recorded olive varieties of the Aegean.

Characteristics

A markedly large-fruited variety originating in İzmir. The fruit has a nipple at its tip. Yield is low and periodicity is severe; it is used as a green table olive.

İzmir Sofralık olive

Where it grows

İzmir Sofralık is recorded in the Aegean. The provinces where olive production concentrates in this region: Manisa, İzmir, Aydın, Muğla, Denizli.

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

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

Domat · Edremit (Ayvalık) · Erkence · Kiraz · Memecik · Memeli

Locally

İzmir Sofralık takes its name from its origin. Its range is not confined to the Aegean: it is also recorded in Marmara provinces such as Yalova and Tekirdağ.

Yalova illustrates the variety's character well — in the 2024-25 season the province's entire crop went to table use, with none sent for pressing.

More: olive growing in İzmir · olive growing in Yalova

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

Where it stands among measured varieties

Stone weight 0.93 g 20 measured · rank 7.
Arbequina avg 0,8 g Karamursel Su

Canözer Ö. (1991), Standart Zeytin Çeşitleri Kataloğu, T.C. Tarım ve Köyişleri Bakanlığı, Seri:16

Values are those published on each variety's own page; the comparison covers only varieties with a measured figure, so it is a comparison of what is known — not of every Turkish variety. See the full ranking and how it is built →

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