Marantelli olive
Marantelli is a recorded variety of the Black Sea. Described in the source.
Marantelli is one of the recorded olive varieties of the Black Sea.
Characteristics
Widespread in the Akçaabat district of Trabzon, this variety has large fruit and stones and ripens early. It has the lowest oil content among the region's varieties.
Where it grows
Marantelli is recorded in the Black Sea. The provinces growing olives in this region: Artvin, Trabzon, Sinop, Samsun, Ordu, Kastamonu, Tokat, Bartın, Rize and Zonguldak — output is concentrated in Artvin (740 t); elsewhere the scale is very small.
Regional conditions, varietal spread and output: olive growing in the Black Sea
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
Locally
Marantelli is concentrated in the Akçaabat district of Trabzon. The province also records İstrangili and Trabzon Yağlık, while Pastos (Patos) is shared between Trabzon and Zonguldak.
Trabzon matters in olive growing not for its tonnage but for this cluster of local varieties left outside commercial cultivation.
More: olive growing in Trabzon
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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