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Cerignola Olives

Bella di Cerignola, or simply the Cerignola Olive is a table olive grown in a limited area of the province of Foggia (Apulia). The produce is grown in the outskirts of the town of Cerignola, where it received its name.

The Ecotype is currently registered on the schedario oleicolo italiano as a genetically distinct geographic variety of the Cerignola Olive. The cultivation of this multiclonal variety dates back to the ‘400 when the Crown of Aragon ruling in the Tavoliere di Capitanata, introduced Spanish ecotypes although other sources suggest a native descendancy directly from the Orchites olives grown in the area during the Roman times.

The Bella di Cerignola obtained through the clonal selection of mutant types shows better and suitable market qualities. The impact of distinct geographic settings on the proprieties of the final product allows the olives grown and produced in this area, under a production's technical policy, to obtain a safeguarding Protected Designation Origin trade mark (DOP): La Bella della Daunia