Fresh Raw Ripe Olives, 10 lb Box

Fresh, uncured, oil-rich olives harvested in Corning later in the season and selected for soundness, maturity, and suitability for ripe curing or small-batch pressing.

2026 Ripe Olive Harvest Update, October 3

Our ripe olive harvest follows the green olive season. We are not yet accepting orders.

For the 2026 late-season harvest, we are evaluating the optimal Corning-grown fruit from several oil-rich olive varieties. We will open this offer when the selected fruit has reached the maturity and condition we want for ripe curing and small-batch pressing.

Each box will contain a single olive variety. The variety offered may change as the season progresses, and we will identify the current harvest variety in this update when orders open.

Color will depend on the variety and stage of maturity. Earlier ripe harvests may include fruit ranging from green through magenta, while later fruit may deepen to purple or nearly black.

Late-season harvesting is increasingly dependent on weather. Rain and cold can interrupt picking while the fruit continues to mature on the tree, so availability may change quickly once the season begins.

RIPE OLIVE ORDERS ARE NOT YET OPEN FOR 2026. BACK-IN-STOCK NOTIFICATIONS ARE ALERTS ONLY AND DO NOT RESERVE FRUIT OR A PLACE IN THE HARVEST QUEUE.

Fresh Ripe Olives for Home Curing

These freshly harvested olives are sold raw, uncured, and untreated. They must be cured before eating.

Our ripe olive selection is intended for curing methods suited to mature fruit, including dry-salt curing and other traditional ripe-olive preparations.

Because variety, color, and maturity will change during the late-season harvest, please review the current harvest update before ordering.

The 10 lb box is a practical choice for a smaller household batch, classroom, or community project. Customers planning a larger batch may choose our 20 lb box of fresh raw ripe olives.

Curing Guidance

For tested home-curing guidance, see our Reader’s Guide to UC ANR’s Olives: Safe Methods for Home Pickling.

The Reader’s Guide helps you navigate the University of California’s peer-reviewed instructions for water curing, brining, dry-salt curing, lye curing, storage, and food-safety considerations.

Ripe Olives for Small-Batch Oil Pressing

Some customers purchase ripe olives for educational programs or hobby-scale oil pressing.

Customers using a cider press followed by gravity separation have reported producing approximately 16 fluid ounces of oil from a 20 lb box. Under similar conditions, a 10 lb box might produce approximately 8 fluid ounces.

This is an anecdotal planning estimate rather than a guaranteed yield. Actual results vary substantially according to olive variety, maturity, oil content, equipment, pressing technique, and extraction efficiency.

Ripe Olives for Chanukah Oil-Making Programs

We learned a great deal from our school, community center, and temple customers during the 2025 harvest and are expanding this program for 2026.

For Chanukah oil-making programs, customers may choose one of two scheduled shipping dates:

• Monday, November 16
• Monday, November 23

Please consult our UPS transit information when selecting your shipping date. Contact Liz Tagami at 530-727-2004 before ordering if the anticipated transit schedule may not work for your location or program.

Variety and Harvest Maturity

Our ripe olive offer is selected for soundness, maturity, and suitability for ripe curing or small-batch pressing.

Each box will contain one Corning-grown olive variety. We do not mix varieties within a box.

The variety may change over the course of the late-season harvest as different orchards and varieties reach the maturity we are seeking. When orders open, the current harvest update will identify the variety being offered.

Fruit size, shape, and color will vary by variety and maturity. Earlier fruit may range from green through magenta; later harvests may be purple or nearly black.

This offer is selected for mature, oil-rich fruit rather than for uniform table-olive size or appearance.

2026 Ripe Olive Prices

The ripe olive offer is priced according to box size rather than variety.

Prices shown are for the olives only. UPS Ground shipping is calculated separately at checkout.

How Fresh Ripe Olives Ship

During harvest, ripe olives are picked from Corning orchards, then sorted and hand-packed at our Fresh Olive Rally Point in Corning for our afternoon UPS pickup.

All fresh olives ship by UPS Ground. The exact charge is calculated at checkout using American Olive Farmer’s discounted UPS merchant rate and passed through without markup.

Each 10 lb box ships separately with its own UPS label.

• Net weight: 10 lb
• Carton dimensions: 16 × 9 × 5 inches
• Carrier service: UPS Ground
• Expedited shipping is not available

Looking for Firm Green Olives?

Our firm green olive harvest takes place earlier in the season, generally during September and October.

Visit our Sevillano and Manzanillo product pages to learn about those varieties and sign up for availability notifications for the next harvest.

• 10 lb Jumbo Mix Sevillano
• 20 lb Jumbo Mix Sevillano
• 10 lb Manzanillo
• 20 lb Manzanillo