Olive tree, ‘Arbosana Olint’

Abstract

The present invention comprises a new and distinct clonal system of Olea europaea cultivar ‘Arbosana OLINT’. This new invention possesses all of the resistance to olive knot and cold temperature while producing an excellent commercial crop within three to four years in the Sacramento Valley of northern California, and is primarily grown for olive oil production. The dense planting and comparatively small height provides for mechanical harvesting with a very good to excellent level of production. The plants are ideally suited for olive oil production, mechanical harvesting and high density planting. The fruit matures in northern California during the fourth week of October.

1. A new distinct olive plant as described and illustrated that is characterized by having the general characteristics of the ‘Arbosana Standard’ (unpatented) variety but is distinguished therefrom in that it matures rapidly, producing olive oil yields having superior quality and quantity within three to four years, and has resistance to low temperature, leaf drop, and olive knot, with the plants being ideally suited for olive oil production, mechanical harvesting and high density planting, the fruit maturing in northern California in about the fourth week of October.