OLIVE
Grafted olives on seed and high density varieties
Olive varieties Piqual, Arbequina, Leccino, Koroneiki, Megaron, Prodromos, Chalkidiki e.t.c.
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Oleaceae |
| Genus: | Olea |
| Species: | O. europaea |
Olive trees like soil with lots of chalk in it. They grow best on limestone slopes and crags in coastal climate. The fruit is a small drupe 1–2 cm long, thinner-fleshed and smaller in wild plants than in orchard cultivars.