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Re: Olive picking (not pickling)

>In Greek olive groves the owners tend to cover the ground with heavy duty
>black polypropylene netting (I think it's that compound), which catches
>the naturally falling olives and stops them spoiling on the ground. In at
>least some places, the actual picking is done with a sort of large
>comb-like tool, which is drawn along the leafy twigs to knock off the
>riper olives, which fall into the nets. Once a picking session is over,
>the olives can be swept and rolled into piles on the nets (with a broom,
>or by tweaking the nets), and then scooped into containers.
>
>Such nets might not prevent purple stains on your paving, but they let the
>water through if it rains and dry very quickly afterwards.
>
>Nick.
>
>Nick Turland
>Flora of China Project, Missouri Botanical Garden,
>PO Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA.
>Email: NTurland@Lehmann.mobot.org
>Tel.: (314) 577-0269 (direct line, voice mail)
>Fax: (314) 577-9438 (Flora of China fax)
>MBG Web Site: http://www.mobot.org


Thanks Nick,  We couldn't work out what the net was under the trees in
Crete.  As we only saw it along the roads we thought it was something to do
with erosion prevention!!

Meg

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