Aspetti qualitativi e quantitativi della raccolta meccanica in continuo di un giovane oliveto superintensivo

Data on harvesting efficiency, shoot and fruit damage of eight oil olive varieties (Arbequina, Arbosana, Coratina, Don Carlo, Fs-17, I/77, Koroneiki and Urano), trained in Apulia according to super high density system and mechanically harvested by a grape-harvester are reported. The average harvesting efficiency was 95.5%, damaged lateral shoots and branches were 0.3%. I/77, a very early ripening variety, showed the highest values of damaged shoots (1.6%) and fruits (60%). In general, the grape harvester worked very well on the young super high density olive planting. Both genotype and harvesting time played a leading role on the involved parameters.