Bouteillan Olive Tree

Bouteillan Olive Tree – High-Yield French Oil Variety with Elegant Form

The Bouteillan Olive Tree is a vigorous French variety favored for its consistent productivity and exceptional oil yield. With its dense, upright growth and elegant, lance-shaped leaves, Bouteillan makes a handsome addition to orchards and home gardens alike. This hardy tree produces large, slightly asymmetric fruit prized exclusively for oil extraction, offering a rich, flavorful yield. Known for its rapid growth and good cold resistance, the Bouteillan Olive Tree is an excellent choice for growers seeking a reliable, high-producing oil variety.

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• Country of Origin: France
• Zones: 8–9
• Looks: A tree of strong vigor with dense, erect growth. Leaves are elliptic-lanceolate in shape, medium in length and width.
• Personality: Fruit is large, ovoid, and slightly asymmetric. High oil content. Used exclusively for oil extraction. Fruit is clingstone.
• Facts of note: Hardy variety requiring light but frequent pruning and irrigation. Rapid-growing with high, consistent productivity. Ripens mid-season. Good cold resistance; sensitive to olive fly, olive scale, and olive moth.
• Pollenizer: Self-fruitful, often grown with Grossane or Cayon
• Chill Hours: 400–500

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