Verdale-de-l'Hérault (olive)

Verdale-de-l'Hérault is an olive cultivar developed in the department of Hérault, in the southern French region of Occitanie. The fruit produces a sweet oil with a light and fruity aroma of greenery, nuts, and apple, and exhibits no bitterness.[1]

Verdale-de-l'Hérault
Olive (Olea europaea)
Color of the ripe fruitBlack
Also calledPourridale
OriginFrance
Notable regionsOccitanie
HazardsVerticillium dahliae and Spilocaea oleaginea (peacock or Pan Eye Disease)
UseOil and table
Growth formSpreading
LeafElliptic
WeightMedium
ShapeOvoid
SymmetryAsymmetrical

Type

France recognizes cultivars of olive, as opposed to sixteen in other areas, excluding any variety or local names, and the Verdale-de-l'Hérault is included among the Verdale, Verdaou, and Pourridale.[2]

Characteristics

The Verdale-de-l'Hérault is slow growing with good frost resistance. The fruit is large and ovoid.[3] The cultivar typically has a low yield of 10 kilograms (22 lb) of olives for 1 liter (0.22 imp gal; 0.26 U.S. gal) of oil.[4]

The leaves of the Verdale-de-l'Hérault are short and narrow with a lanceolate shape. The fruit shape is slightly-asymmetric, spherical, rounded at the apex, and with a truncated base.[5] The fruit produces a sweet oil with no bitterness with aromas of greenery, hazelnuts and apple.[6][7]

Concerns

Olive quick decline syndrome (OQDS) has been associated with the bacteria Xylella fastidiosa,[8] was first reported in 2013, and has been observed in Italy[9] as well as other countries. The bacteria subspecies multiplex was found in Corsica in July 2015. X. fastidiosa subsp. pauca has been detected in the Menton area.[10]

Verdale-de-l'Hérault cultivar is susceptible to Verticillium dahliae and Spilocaea oleaginea (peacock or Pan Eye) disease

Other uses

Verdale-de-l'Hérault is used as a pollinator for the Picholine.

References
  1. Moutier, Nathalie; Pinatel, Christian; Martre, André; Roger, Jean-Paul; Khadari, Bouchaïb; Burgevin, Jean-François; Ollivier, Denis; Artaud, Jacques (2004). Identification des variétés d'oliviers cultivées en France (in French). Vol. 1. Turriers: Naturalia Publications. p. 246. ISBN 978-2-909717-43-2.
  2. Google books: Verdale-de-l'Hérault: The Cultivation of the Olive by J. Harris Browne (1883, pp. 5-6)- Retrieved 2018-07-04
  3. Verdale-de-l'Hérault characteristics- Retrieved 2018-07-04
  4. Verdale-de-l'Hérault olive oil yield- Retrieved 2018-07-04
  5. Olea Database: Verdale-de-l'Hérault- Retrieved 2018-07-07
  6. Sud-de-France- Retrieved 2018-07-07
  7. Coupé, Raynald. "La Verdale de l'Hérault". Huilerie Confiserie Coopérative Oléicole de Clermont l'Hérault.
  8. Saponari, M.; Boscia, D.; Altamura, G.; Loconsole, G.; Zicca, S.; d'Attoma, G.; Morelli, M.; Palmisano, F.; Saponari, A.; Tavano, D.; Savino, V. N.; Dongiovanni, C.; Martelli, G. P. (2017). "Isolation and pathogenicity of Xylella fastidiosa associated to the olive quick decline syndrome in southern Italy". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 17723. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-17957-z. PMC 5735170. PMID 29255232.
  9. "EU warning as olive tree disease spreads in Italy". BBC News. 2015-03-24.
  10. European Commission: Latest Developments of Xylella fastidiosa in the EU territory.- Retrieved 2018-07-04
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