Arbequina Olive Tree
Being self fertile an olive grower can be assured of no pollination problems.Arbequina olives are often sold for fresh eating in specialty sections at grocery stores. At TyTy Nursery you can buy many varieties of olive trees and several different sizes, larger sizes bearing the first year.As Arbequina Olive trees begin to ripen, various colors begin to appear on green olives progressing from purple to black. Try planting nursery grown, grafted olive trees that can bear fresh olives the first year for table eating quality. In Northern states the olive trees can be containerized and grown near an entrance or planted in pots near the pool for that tropical flair, and in Winter just move your olive trees indoors and eat tasty olives all Winter. The olive oil produced from pressing Arbequina olives is of a high quality and a fruity musky flavor but rather unstable with a short shelf life in some cases. The olives are small on the Arbequina Olive Tree, but the trees begin bearing early and are planted much denser to gain more cold tolerance, which is about 22 degrees F.
