Gemlik Olive Trees

Gemlik Olive Features

This variety, sold as Gemlik seedlings, is also known as Trilye and Gemlik-Trilye except for its licenced name Gemlik. This olive belongs to Marmara Region in Turkey and its plantation is suitable for high and cool areas.

Tree Features

Scion rooting proportion of Gemlik Olive is relatively high ( it can be up to 80-95%) and its avarage is about 55-60%. It is known as Trilye trees in some regions. Gemlik seedlings are usually buncy and small-medium in size. It has normal branching. Its body colour is dark grey (livid). Its leaves are grey and blended towards bottom and small in size.

Gemlik Olive Fruit Features

Full-mature fruit is dark black and shiny (vivid). It is round and sober. It is produced in Gemlik type or for breakfast. Except som efor breakfast, the rest of the olives are used for their oil because of their high oil content. Its oil content is 25-30%. Its seeds are usually medium size,oval and polishing and they can seperate from the meat easily. Its seeds are usually rough.

Geographical Plantation Areas

Its plantation is common in Turkey. It is grown especially in Gemlik-Bursa, Tekirdag, Kocaeli, Bilecik, Kastamonu, Zonguldak, Sinop, Samsun, Trabzon, Balıkesir, Izmir, Antalya, Manisa, Aydın, Icel and recently it has been grown in Adana,Adıyaman,Sanlıurfa and Gaziantep. It has also been grown recently in Greece, Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Georgi.

Our company produce these seedling in two ways: olive seedlings produced from scion and the other seedlings produced from wild seedlins vaccinated. For Gemlik ( Trilye) Olive seedlings, first seeds are buried to gain full-growns. After gaining these full-growns, the process goes on through eye vaccine to breedings gaining from Gemlik Olive trees.
Its sale is done with the name of Licenced Gemlik Olive Trees.