THE OLIVE 



129 



In fact the same one hundred olives 



GRAMS. 



On the tenth of October weighed 161.73 



twenty fifth of October 163.93 



tenth of November 117.53 



twenty fifth of November 128.88 



tenth of December 136.50 



twenty fifth of December 1 36.40 



tenth of January 163.85 



twenty fifth of Januarv 109.85 



tenth of Februarv 1 32.50 



twentv fifth of Februarv 131.65 



The variations are due to the quantity of water contained in the 

 pulp according to the hygromic condition, the winds, the rain and 

 the hoar frost which coincided with the o-atherins:. 



On the twenty fifth of November the olives were empurpled, and 

 had a reddish pulp, on the tenth of December they had turned 

 black and the pulp was still more highly colored, and on the tenth 

 of February the pulp was entirely of a winey red. 



In one hundred parts of these olives the following proportion was 

 found in weight of water, of dry material and of fatty material. 



