THE OLIVE 



In California the olive has long since passed the experi- 

 mental stage and is now being produced in quantities for 

 pickling and oil purposes. The important position that it is 

 destined to occupy as one of our leading horticultural indus- 

 tries, can no longer be questioned. 



California possesses the same soil and climatic conditions 

 in which the olive thrives in the countries of Europe, Asia 

 and Africa, and there is absolutely no obstacle to prevent our 

 supplying the demands of not only this country but becoming 

 exporters of the numerous products for which the olive is 

 noted. 



PLANTING 



Today the transplanting of olive trees is comparatively an 

 easy matter to what it was twenty-five years ago when the 

 industry was just beginning to attract the attention of hori- 

 culturists. At that time unless the trees were potted plants, 

 they invariably died. After years of experimental work the 

 cause of the trees failing to grow was found to be due 

 to not topping the trees and shortening in the lateral 

 branches when digging. This method of trimming over- 

 comes much of the evaporation and loss of vitality through 

 the foliage and much of the trouble formerly experiencd has 

 been overcome. In nearly all cases where trees fail to grow 

 the trouble can be traced back to not again cutting the trees 

 back to twenty inches from the ground after they are set 

 or to careless handling on the part of the planter after the 

 trees are received. 



In the first place we do not recommend that olive trees be 

 transplanted until the middle of February, for it is only in a 

 few places that the growing season starts in before this. 



When receives at destination take them out of the recep- 

 tacle in which they are packed and heel them in a sandy, 

 warm soil and then turn a hose loose in the trench so that the 



A nursery grown 

 Olive Tree. 



To the left the 

 same tree 



pruned 

 for planting. 



With the Olive 



tree it is 



essential to 



induce a strong 



growth 

 when young, 



hence the 



importance of 



intelligent 



pruning. 



