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Olive publications

>From: Peter K Worsley <worsley@silcom.com>
>Subject: Re: Planting olive trees
>Sender: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 12:32:42 -0700
>
> Our Men's Gqrden Club recently had Craig Makela, 7th generation owner of
> the Santa Barbara Olive Co., Inc., P. O. Box 1570, Santa Ynez, CA 93460,
> Phone 805-688-9917, Fax 805-686-1659.
>
> He provided handouts describing the pluses and minuses of various olives.
> For fruit he recommended Ascolano, Sevillano and Manzanillo in that order.
> Manzanillo is the most common commercial tree, and is relatively low and
> spreading. Fruiting is early and is rarely injured by frosts, but is
> susceptible to cold injury. Mission is the best for colder climates and
> older trees have been known to survive 8F (4.5C). But the fruit is small
> and ripens late (October/November). The fruit is subject to frost damage.
> Trees tend to be tall. For oil extraction he recommends Manzanillo and
> Mission.
>
> He also offers leaflets on harvesting and home curing both green and black
> olives.

Fellow Medit-Plants persons -

Just today I was clearing away various piles of 'stuff' I tend to
accumulate on my desk, and I came across a Univeristy of California
Farm & Garden Publications catalog.  Featured on the front was the
'Olive Production Manual' (ISBN 1-879906-15-5, catalog #3353, $28).
Also inside is 'Producing Olive Oil in California' (catalog #21516,
$5).  I have not seen these publications personally, but they appear
to be reasonable and informative.  This catlog is available from:

 ANR Publications
 University of California
 6701 San Pablo Ave.
 Oakland, CA  94608-1239

Orders within California can be made from 1-800-994-8849, elswhere
from 1-510-642-2431 (fax 1-510-643-5470).  Inquires can also be made
to anrpubs@ucdavis.edu

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