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being duly taken into account — it is determined to plant 

 the trees, the method most effective to the eye and for 

 free circulation of air is what is known as " quincunx 

 fashion," thus : — 



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To summarise the foregoing remarks upon cultiva- 

 tion, I may say that by intelligent study of the habits of 

 the Olive, and careful attention to its requirements, 

 there is no valid reason why, in four or five years from 

 planting, it should not begin to repay the expense of 

 culture ; without taking into account what, in the mean- 

 time, may have been got off the ground by intercultiva- 

 tion. A year or two before that even, the few Olives 

 which may be gathered off each tree, may, in the aggre- 

 gate, suffice to make oil enough for the family require- 

 ments ; while from the sixth year onwards, it may be 

 relied on in ordinary years as a sure and increasing 

 source of wealth to the farmer. 



Continued moisture during flowering, will tend to 

 render a portion of the fruit abortive ; but this is a 

 cause of failure which will occur but seldom in this 

 climate. 



