OI.IVE CULTURE IN SFAIN. 



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(lays. Giveu the meau temperature of the sumimT mouths aud the time 

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

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

 temperatures are : 



Month. 



May 



J uno 



July 



Au'Jlllst ,,.. 

 September . 

 October 



"D.aya. 



Mean tcm- 



peratuin. 



"C. 

 23.8 



24.1 

 29. 2 

 HO.l 

 L'O. 3 

 i;7..1 



IfllJ. K 



If we divide the number of degrees by six, we obtain the moan monthly 

 temperature, '27°.?, which, multiplied by 184 (the number of days), gives 

 11 total of 5,023° ; hence the fruit in Seville usually matures about the 

 Is t of October. 



For Morata de Tajuiia, 6 miles to the east of Madrid, where blossom- 

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



May 



June 



July 



Aujiust — 

 September. 



October 



November . 

 December . 



Giving mean temperature for eight month.s 180.4, which, multiplied by 

 2134, 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 ou the 15fh of June, tliere will be: 



June 



July 



August... 

 September 

 OclobiT ... 



XoTR. — In Novomber the terapprature falls to 4P. 



