jj Stumps, with the result (hat, three 

 1 hereafter, the shoots from the 



'I slumps commenced to give ;i. 

 crop. 



has generally I .con supposed that: 

 lii(1 "live rather prefers a roekv and 



what hamm soil. In Europe it 



nly flourishes in places where -., 

 US would hardly grow, hut Major 



iys it is a great mistake to presume 

 that the olive can lie grown on a barren 

 ! without fertilizers. IV manure 

 liberally, and use it to an extreme de- 



to supplement the lack of irri- 



i. The olive is a voracious feeder, 

 iud will appropriate enough plant food 

 luring the months of winter moisture to 

 nrry the tree through the dry summer 



i. provided there is an abundant 

 ! '<>od supply ready for storage and assimi- 

 lation. The Mission is generally rec- 

 oraraended for oil and the European 

 'live for pickling. The .latter, also, is 

 preferable for propagation, as the small 

 limbs will serve for cuttings, and will 

 root where a Mission cutting will fail. 

 European olives ripen two months in 

 advance of the Mission olives. Trees 

 should be planted in an orchard, and 

 cuttings in a nursery. . Plant not less 

 than thirty-six feet apart, or you will 

 regret it in after years; remember in 

 planting that the olive root is more 

 sensitive to exposure than the orange. 



The olive is easily budded or grafted, 

 io there is no trouble in obtaining 

 .arieties. Small, one-year old trees can 

 ie bought for twenty-five cents or less 

 ach. The roots of trees should always 

 be puddled before shipping, and great 



iken against exposure. The bus! 

 c'-ss of propagating the trees should be. 

 left to the nurserymen except in a case 

 'where a party cannot afford to buy 



Irees. 



When it comes to profits, olive grow- 

 ers can show figures which should satisfy 

 the most exacting. Major Utt has an 

 ;i!ive orchard of twenty-five hearing trees, 

 planted in orchard seven years, to in- 

 clude 188(1; the product from ten of 

 them last year was 750 g illons of olives. 

 He sold the surplus crop at forty cents 

 per gallon, casks furnished, of $12 p -r 

 Fifty gallons of average crop to 

 the tree at twelve; years from the plant- 

 ing of the orchard would be a low esti- 

 mate, and this amount would make six 

 rind a quarter gallons of oil. Ellwood 

 Cooper gets $10 a gallon for his oil. In- 

 n-eased production will lower the whole- 

 sale price to $4 per gallon or at the 

 $25 per tree, equal to $900 per 

 Allow one half for expenses and 

 st on investmet, and you have the 

 mi ot $450 i.er acre as net profit- 

 Mr. Loop has been offered eighty cents 

 : i. gallon for all the pickled olives he can 

 pri pare for market. 



Of the great future which awaits the 

 uilture of the olive on this coast there 

 irwbe no doubt. We are still in the 

 ;i,ienlal stage. In fact, olive cult- 

 about where the raisin in- 



Tr-vs shotild Ij.'^f&airrted in an orchard 

 . and cuttings in a nursery. Plant not 

 (less than 30 feet apart, or you will re- 

 fgret it in after years; remember in plant- 

 ^ng that the olive root is more sensitive 

 I to exposure than the orange. s/J. &/1? 

 The olive is easily budded or grafted, 

 .so there is no trouble in obtaining varie- 

 ties. Small, one-year-old trees can be 

 bought for 23 cents or less each. The 

 roots of trees shouht a^ay-i lie puddled 

 before shipping, and great care taken 

 against exposure. The business of 

 propagating the trees should be left to 

 the nurseryman except in a case where 

 s party cannot afford to buy trees. 



When it comes to profits, olive grow- 

 ers can show figures which should satisfy 

 the most exacting. Major Utt has au 

 olive orchard of 25 bearing trees, planted 

 in orchard seven years, to include 1886; 

 the product from ten of them last year 

 was 750 gallons of olives. He sold the 

 surplus crop at 40. cents per gallon, 

 casks furnished, of S12 per tree. Fifty 

 gallons of average crop to the tree at 12 

 years from the planting of the orchard 

 would be a low estimate, and this 

 amount would make six and a quarter 

 gallons of oil. Ellwood Cooper gets $10 

 a gallon for his oil. Inoruased produc- 

 tion will lower the wholesale price to 84 

 :per gallon, or at the lowest, |25 per 

 tree, equal to 3900 per acrp. Allow one- 

 half for expenses and interest on invest- 

 ment, and you h*^e the neat sum of 

 450 per acre as net profit. Mr. Loop 

 has been offered 80 cents a gallon for all 

 the pickled olives he cau'prepare for 

 market. 



Of the great future which awaits the 

 culture of the olive on this coast there 

 ;an be no doubt. We are still in the 

 experimental stage. In fact, olive cul- 

 ture stands about where the raisin in- 

 dustry did ten years ago. [San Joaijuin 

 Valley Jiesources. 



THE OLIVE. 



-Ills 



--.___. ^Z^-K-^^Z^-^ 

 lie following article from the 



San Joaquin Valley Resources is 

 .vorthy of consideration by the hor- 

 .iculturists of Santa Barbara county: 

 "The culture of the olive is a 

 Branch of the fruit-growing indus- 

 ;ry which is yet in its infancy on 

 .his coast but we believe that in a 

 'ew years it will become one of the 

 nost important, as well as profit- 

 ible, fields of horticultural enter- 

 prise with us, as it is at present 

 with many countries in the south of 

 Europe, whoso chief revenue is de- 

 rived from the export of olive oil 

 and pickled olives. jf"%2 f/f 7 



"The olive tree is tffstinguislied 

 for its great longevity and vitality. 

 A tree in the garden of the Vatican, 

 at Rome, is said to be a thousand 

 years old. During tho Greek revo- 

 lution the Turks cut down the olive 

 Itrees and burned over the stumps 

 with the result that three years there- 

 after the shoots from the scarred 

 stumps commenced to give a crop. 

 , "It has generally been supposed 

 ithat the olive rather prefers a rocky 

 land somewhat barre soil. In Eu 

 rope it certainly flourishes in places 

 where a cactus would hardly gro'w, 

 but Major Utt says it is a great mis- 

 take to presume that tho olive can 

 be grown on barren soil without fer- 

 tilizers. Use manure liberally, and 

 use it to an extreme degree, to sup- 

 plant the lack of irrigation. The 

 olive is a voracious feeder, and will 

 (appropriate enough plant food 

 during the mouths of winter 

 moisture to carry the tree through 

 the dry summer season, provid- 

 ed there is a large food supply 

 T-eady for storage and assimilation. 

 The Mission is generally recom- 

 mended for oil and the European 

 olive for pickling. The latter, also, 

 is preferable for nvnniirmHnn no *!, 



small limbs will serve tor cuttings, 

 and will root where a Mission cut- 

 ting will fail. European olives 

 ripen two months in advance of the 

 Mission olives. Trees should be in 

 ^11 orchard, and cuttings in a nur- 

 sery. Plant no leas than thirty-bix 

 ifeet apart, Or you will regret it in af- 

 jter years; remember in planting that 

 the olive root is more sensitive to ex- 

 posure than the orange. 



The olive is easily budded or 

 grafted, as there is no trouble in ob- 

 taining varieties. Small, one-year- 

 iold trees can be bought for twenty- 

 five cents or less each. The roots of 

 trees should always be puddled be- 

 fore shipping, and great caro taken 

 against exposure. The business of 

 propagating the trees should be left 

 to the nurserymen, except in a o^.so 

 where a party cannot afford to buy 

 trees. 



When it comes to profits, olive- 

 growers can show figures which 

 should satisfy the most exacting. 

 Major Utt has an olive orchard of 

 twenty-five bearing trees, planted in 

 orchard seven years, to include 

 1886; the product from ten of them 

 last year was 750 gallons of olives. 

 He sold the surplus crop at 40 cents 

 per gallon, casks furnished, of $12 

 per tree. Fifty gallons of an aver- 

 age crop to the tree at twelve years 

 from the planting of the orchard 

 would be a low estimate and this 

 amount would make six and a quar- 

 ter gallons of oil. Ellwood Cooper 

 gets $10 a gallon for his oil. In- 

 creased production will lower the 

 wholesale price to $4 per gallon, or 

 at the lowest, $25 per tree, equal to 

 $900 per acre. Allow one-half for 

 expenses and interest on invest- 

 ment, and you have the neat sum of 

 $450 per acre as net profit. Mr. 

 Loop has been offered 80 cents a 

 gallon for all the pickled olives he 

 can prepare for market. 



Of the great future which awaits 

 the culture of the olive on this 

 coast there oan be no doubt. We 

 are still in the experimental stage. 

 In fact, olive culture stands about 

 where the raisin industry did ter 

 years ago." , 



Ind 



In>6 official report to^the British 

 Government by the Secretary of the 

 British Embassy at Rome, on the 

 olive oil industry of Italy, he says: 

 "Olive oil ranks next to wine as one 

 of the mainstays of Italian agricul- 

 ture. An average crop is estimated 

 at 74,500,000 gallons, but since 1880, 

 when these figures were reached, the 

 yearly production lias averaged about 

 38,000,000 gallons. A full dive crop 

 never occurs two years running. In 

 no other country in the world is the 

 olive tree cultivated so extensively ai 

 in Italy. The largest production i 

 obtained in the ex-kingdom of Naples 

 and Sicily, but the oil produced in 

 those regions, excepting the province 

 of Ban, is of low quality, and is to 

 ,the greater part fit only for rnanu- 

 ' lecturing uses. Bari, Umbria, Tus- 

 cany and tbe riviera of Geno pro- 

 duced chiefly eating oil. Exports of the 

 five years ending with 1885, averaged 

 16.000,000 gallons a year, worth about 

 4,500,000 sterling. But in 1835, ow- 

 ing to the deficient crops in different 

 [localities, the quantify fell to 9,633,- 

 000 gallons, valued at 2,000,000, of 

 which 3.557,625 gallons went to 

 France and 2,020,050 gallons to 

 Great Britain. The finest olive oil in 

 Italy is produced in certain hilly dis- 

 tricts of Tuscany, such as Lucca, 

 Ualci and Bnti. There the olive 

 trees are of the best stock and care- 

 fnlly tended; great care is also de- 

 voted to harvesting the olives aud to 

 crashing and pressing them. The 

 oil so obtained, pure and uasophisti- , 

 cated, wbich 1 had on opportunity of 

 ; dnri ! to i'us- 



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