THE OLIVE 



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given to the world a monogi*apli on the olive Avhicli is perliaps tlie 

 most profound and exhaustive work on the subject that has yet 

 been written. He separates the olive under three lieads as: The 

 domesticated olive, tlie wild olive, the seedling of the cultivated 

 olive ; althouo-h two onlv. tluit of the domesticated olive and 

 wild olive, would answer all })ractical purposes. The domesti- 

 cated olive he assumes to have come from the Fast. The wild 

 olive he believes to l)e the tree indiwnous ' to all the coasts of 

 the Mediterranean. The seedling of the cultivated tree is virtu- 

 (dlv a wild olive, as in onlv one case of a thousand will the seed 

 ever reproduce the variety from which it came, but constantly re- 

 turns to the wild type. 



The following table will show the olives of Italy, France and 

 Spain, grouped in their relative order of merit as oil olives, and it 

 is interesting to note the ])()sition assumed by our own Mission in 

 this comparison with the olives of the world. 



Italy. 

 Razzo (1 



Frantojano 

 Grossajo 

 Correggiolo (2) 

 Tai>:i>:iasc() 



OCT 



Eacemi or Kaci- 



Fkaxce. 



(■)livier de Grasse 

 Pleureui' ' 

 Pendouliei* 

 I Pendulina 



nop])e 

 -J ; Morinello 

 r-^ i ! ^lorajolo 

 o^^ ^ Pio-nolo 



'^^ 



i Mii>:nolo 

 Gremii>:n()lo 

 Leccino 



I' rdouraou 

 (o) I C ayon de Marseille 

 . I Picholine 



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Spain. 



) Cornical)ra or 

 ) Mission 



Royal or 



Gordal 



Racimal 



Xevadillo Blanco 

 Varal Xeiiro 

 Lechin 

 Manzanillo 



If. -[ Leccio 



X 



r 



5 ! 



Columbaro 



Puntarolo 



Trillo 



Oleastro 



[^) 1 



1 Vei-dale 



Fmpeltre 

 A^erdcjo 



x\cel)uche 



