Karamürsel Su olive: characteristics, oil content and growing areas
The largest fruit on the list: only 140 per kilo. Marmara's own distinctive table variety.
Karamürsel Su has the largest fruit on the list: only 140 per kilo. For comparison, Kilis Yağlık runs to 560 — one Karamürsel Su fruit equals four Kilis fruits.
Karamürsel Su in numbers
| Oil content | 19% |
| Fruits per kilo | 140 |
| Flesh ratio | 87% |
| Use | Table |
| Main areas | Yalova, Karamürsel |
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 | 16. of 17 |
| Fruit size (largest first) | 1. of 14 |
| Flesh ratio | 5. 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
Karamürsel Su is among Türkiye's largest-fruited varieties (140 per kilo) and, at 87% flesh, a pure table olive. It is the local variety of the Yalova–Karamürsel belt and little planted elsewhere.
Despite rivalling Domat on size it never matched it in stuffed processing, owing to differences in skin and texture. For the regional picture, see olive growing in Marmara.
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