🫒 Chalkidiki (olive)
A Greek cultivar of northern Greece with very large fruit; about a quarter of Greek table-olive groves.
Chalkidiki is a Greek olive variety with very large fruit, used mostly for green table olives. Its full name in the International Olive Council catalogue is Chondrolia Chalkidikis, meaning "the fat olive of Chalkidiki".
The variety is common in northern Greece: on the Chalkidiki peninsula, around Thessaloniki, Serres, Kavala and Xanthi, and in Thessaly. In recent years it has also been planted further south, in Phthiotis, Aetolia-Acarnania and Arta. It makes up about 27 per cent of Greece's table olive groves.
The fruit is strongly elongated, with a noticeable pointed tip. Even when ripe it never turns fully black and stays dark purple. That is why it is picked early, while still green, and cured. The stone comes away from the flesh easily, and the fruit gives little oil.
Chalkidiki gives a medium and uneven crop: a generous year is followed by a poor one. The variety copes well with cold and moderately with drought, but tolerates salty water badly. It falls easily to verticillium wilt, leaf spot, olive knot and the olive fly.
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Frequently asked questions
What does the name Chondrolia Chalkidikis mean?
"The fat olive of Chalkidiki", after the variety's large fruit.
Why are Chalkidiki olives usually green?
They never turn fully black as they ripen, so they are picked early and prepared green.
Where is this variety grown?
In northern Greece: Chalkidiki, Thessaloniki, Serres, Kavala, Xanthi and Thessaly.
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