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days, (iiven tin 1 nn MI temperature of the summer months and the time 

 of blossoming in any steited place, the time of maturity may be deduced; 

 thus in Seville the olive tree blooms about the 1st of May, and the mean 

 temperatures are : 



It' we divide the number of degrees by six, we obtain the mean monthly 

 temperature, 27.3, which, multiplied by 184 (the number of days), gives 

 a total of r>,<)23; hence the fruit in Seville usually matures about the 

 1st of October. 



For Mora- 1 a <le Tajima, 6 miles to the east of Madrid, where blossom- 

 ing takes place at the end of May, the figures are : 



Giving mean temperature for eight months 18.4, which, multiplied by 

 I'L't. gives 4,121; hence the olive matures towards the middle of De 

 cember. 



Valladolid may be cited as a place where, owing to late blossoming 

 and early frosts, the maturing of the fruit is impossible. Assuming 

 blossoming to take place on the 15th of June, there will be : 



vember the temperature fall* to 4. 



