CONTENTS 



493 



IntroduPtion - ~ ~ jg- 



Characteristics of the Olive - - ^g^ 



Natural Requirements - - - "• ^gg 



"«?t - ::::::z"~"~"::z:" 497 



Cold :; tqn 



Humidity — Topoprraphy — Soil ^^^ 



Olive Districts - - - ^gg 



Propagation - - ~ 400 



Hardwood Cuttings - - - — .gZ 



Small Cuttings - ,r^„ 



Grafting Young Stock - g^jg 



Top-Grafting - — • g^^ 



Planting - -«« 



Distance Apart for Planting „ - - - °"* 



Planting the Tree - °"' 



Trimming the Roots and Top - - °j;'^ 



Culture Rf>7 



Tillage — Cover Cropping - - °"' 



Fertilizing — Irrigation - - °^| 



Pruning - - - "■" -oq 



Pruning the Young Tree : - ""* 



Pruning Bearing Trees _ - °t:^ 



Time to Prune _ - - °^3 



Interplanting •- - ■' gj^ 



Ha'T?«t'"8: — " — :::z:::::::" 515 



Grading g-ig 



Age of Bearing and Yield -•• ,,, 



Varieties ..._ - - - '-5). 



Pickling Ripe Olives — - - °;° 



Lye Process _ -- °%^ 



Specinl Consider.itions of the Lye Process ^^' 



Pure-Water Process - ^ri 



Green Pickles „ - - °;' 



The Future Outlook "■^'^ 



ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATES 



Plate T. The Mission, Razzn, nnd Maznnillo olives fslicrhtly less thar nr.tural size).... 518 

 Plate n. The Cavon, Rubra, and Corregiola olives (slightly less than natural size).... 519 

 Plate HI. The Rejralis. Columella, and Nevadillo olives (slightly less than natural size) blO 

 Plate rv. The Penduiina, Frautoia, Uvaria, and Atro Violacea olives (slightly less than 



natural size) -- - 521 



Plate V. The Morinella, Precox, Grossia, and Oblonga olives (slightly less than natural 



size) - - 524 



FIGURES 



Fig. 1. View in eipht-vear-old olive orchard. Alfalfa cover crop Frontispiece 



Fig. 2. Showina- fruiting habit of the olive. Flowers borne on wood of previous sea- 

 son's growth *Q* 



Fig. 3. Old olive orchard top-grafted to more desirable varieties 4»o 



Fig. 4. Tree of the Mission variety at the end of the second growing season 496 



Fig. 5. Bundle of olive cuttines made from mature, large wood 4»9 



Fig. 6. Types of small olive cuttinss, natural size ^"" 



Fig. 7. Small olive cuttings in propaeation box -■ -.— • ^01 



Fig. 8. Method of preparing scions for bark graft; (a) ordinary scion, (b) scion 



trimmed on back, exposing chlorophyll layer oOz 



Fig, 9. Showing stock with scion inserted, and the completed graft o03 



Fig. 10. Eieht-year-old olive orchard, showing good spacing 606 



Fig. 11. Young tree properly cut back at time of planting - - o06 



Fig. 12. Thinning of voung tree during first erowing season 5iO 



Fig. 13. Final selection of framework branches. (Note distribution) -. 511 



Fig. 14. Five-year-old olive orchard interplanted with Thompson seedless grapes. Owned 



by B. F. Carper, Salt River Valley j — "^s^u \ 



