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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

Nizip menşeili olan bu çeşit de periyodisite gösterir. Verimi yüksek olup meyveleri iri ve yuvarlıktır. Olgunlaşan meyve pembekırmızı renk alır, meyve özsuyu da pembe veya kırmızı renktedir. Yeşil sofralık olarak değerlendirilmekle birlikte pembe olum döneminde hasat edilerek çizikpembe zeytin olarak da işlenebilir.

(Description from the Turkish source.)

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

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

Belluti · Eğriburun · Hursuki · Kalem Bezi · Kilis Yağlık · Nizip Yağlık

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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