🫒 Manzanilla de Sevilla
The world's most widespread olive cultivar; in Spain it grows in Seville, Badajoz and Huelva, and also in the USA, Israel, Argentina and Australia.
Manzanilla de Sevilla is the most widespread olive variety in the world and the most valued among table olives. In Spain it grows in the provinces of Seville (60 thousand hectares), Badajoz (30 thousand) and Huelva (4 thousand), and it is also grown in Portugal, the United States, Israel, Argentina and Australia.
The name means "little apple": the fruit is large, almost round and even. It is black when ripe, and the flesh comes away from the stone easily. The variety has quite a few synonyms, such as Manzanillo, Manzanilla de Carmona and Manzanilla de Dos Hermanas.
The same variety is prepared in different ways. In Spain it is picked green and cured Sevillian style. In the United States the fruit is picked when it is just starting to darken and made into Californian black olives. The fruit holds a medium amount of oil, but the oil is of good quality and keeps well.
The tree is small, so the variety suits dense orchards. It starts bearing early and gives a high, though uneven, crop. Its weak points are cold winters, limestone soils, standing water around the roots, and verticillium wilt and other olive diseases.
How it connects to Olives
🫒 Manzanilla de Sevilla → used for → 🫒 Table olives → kind of → 🫒 Olives
Links
- Part of
- 🫒 Olive cultivars
- Similar and different
- 🫒 Manzanilla Cacereña
- Where it grows
- 📍 Andalusia, 📍 Extremadura
- Which olives are made
- 🫒 Table olives, 🫒 Spanish-style green olives, 🫒 Californian-style black olives
Frequently asked questions
Why is the variety called Manzanilla?
The word means "little apple": the fruit is almost round.
What kinds of olives are made from Manzanilla?
Sevillian-style green olives in Spain and Californian black olives in the United States.
Where is Manzanilla grown?
In Spain, Portugal, the United States, Israel, Argentina and Australia.
What to read next
- 🫒 Spanish-style green olives — Green olives treated with lye and fermented in brine by lactic acid bacteria.
- 📍 Andalusia — The south of the country, home of Sherry and sweet wines.
- 📍 Extremadura — A western plateau bordering Portugal.
- 🫒 Manzanilla Cacereña — The main cultivar of the provinces of Cáceres, Badajoz and Salamanca: 64,000 hectares in Spain, also common in Portugal.
- 🫒 Californian-style black olives — Half-ripe olives treated with lye, darkened by air and sterilised in cans.
Similar
🫒 Gordal Sevillana · 🫒 Hojiblanca · 🫒 Picual · 🫒 Chalkidiki (olive) · 🫒 Manzanilla Cacereña · 🫒 Nocellara del Belice