Arbequina olive?

[flowerweaver]

Yes, thanks verdeperto. I could probably use the deeper taproot, being in the desert. I will try to get these olives started from seed, I have enough with which to experiment with different scarifications. When I do get ready to prune I will consider trying to root some cuttings. What part of the world are you located?

[verdeperto]

Oct 4, 2014 13:54:31 GMT -5 richardw said:

Oct 4, 2014 13:54:31 GMT -5 richardw said:

But to get 'more productive varieties' that would have to have been breed thus grown from seed,or are they more like apples in that each seed throws wide dissimilarities and that 'more productive varieties' happen to be chance discoveries.

On the f1, they do seem to produce "wide dissimilarities". 

Posted by steevOct 6, 2014 at 4:42am

Excellent information, verdeperto.

Excellent sense of humor, steev.

[ilex]

Arberqina is known for being small and low vigor tree. Very productive and early. It is used in superintensive systems (hedge), which also implies flexible branches. Very mild tasting oil, good green olives.

Best scarification is to use a bird (chicken), but better to use cuttings and graft.