The Itrana olive variety is an Italian cultivar from Lazio known for its vigorous growth, late harvest, and high-quality oil with notes of fresh cut grass.
Itrana
Origin
Lazio (Italy).
Agro biological properties Vigorous, with dense, expansive foliage, and hanging fruit-bearing branches. Leaves are dark green, medium in size, with an elliptical-tapered form. Olives are rounded, medium to big and asymmetrical, slowly turning a dark wine-red and finally black in March. Suitable for oil production or preserved in brine as green or black olives. Nice separation of pulp from pit.
Fruit bearing Abundant and regular; extremely tardy (December-March).
Fertilization Anemophile (wind carried). Recommended fertilizers: Pendolino, Maurino, Leccino.
Resistance to adversities Resistant to lower temperatures; sometimes susceptible to olive fly (bactrocea oleae).
Quality of the oil Good for combined use, with a moderate yield. The oil is reminiscent of mature olive and fresh cut grass.
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