Kan Çelebi olive
Kan Çelebi is a recorded variety of south-eastern Anatolia. Described in the source.
Kan Çelebi is one of the recorded olive varieties of south-eastern Anatolia.
Characteristics
Originating in Nizip, this variety also shows periodicity. Yield is high and the fruit large and round; on ripening it turns pink-red.
Where it grows
Kan Çelebi is recorded in south-eastern Anatolia. The provinces where olive production concentrates in this region: Gaziantep, Kilis, Şanlıurfa, Adıyaman, Mardin.
Regional conditions, varietal spread and output: olive growing in south-eastern Anatolia
Measured values
Pomological measurements for Kan Çelebi were published in a study of southeastern Anatolian cultivars.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Oil content | 17% |
| Flesh ratio | 89% |
| Fruit length × width | 25 × 21 mm |
| Fruits per kilogram | 165 |
At 17% the oil content sits well below the region's oil varieties — Kilis Yağlık reaches 31%, Nizip Yağlık 27%. The flesh ratio, by contrast, is 89%: the stone accounts for less than a tenth of the fruit.
Together the two point to what the variety is for: Kan Çelebi is a table olive rather than an oil one. At 165 fruits to the kilogram it is also confirmed as large-fruited.
⚠ No published measurement was found for chilling requirement or self-fertility; those rows have not been filled in by estimation.
Other varieties of the region
Belluti · Eğriburun · Hursuki · Kalem Bezi · Kilis Yağlık · Nizip Yağlık
Locally
Kan Çelebi originates in the Nizip district of Gaziantep — the same district that gives its name to Nizip Yağlık. Nizip lies at the centre of Southeastern olive growing.
The variety shows periodicity (alternate bearing): a heavy crop one year, a light one the next. This bears directly on irrigation and husbandry decisions in the region.
More: olive growing in Gaziantep
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
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Zeytin Kitabı — Efe, Soykan, Cürebal, Sönmez (2016), Kitabevi Yay. s.37-80
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