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SAMUEL RAE & CO. — LEGHORN, TUSCANY. 



charged with unnecessary extra freight- 

 age and several intermediate profits. 



It is interesting and instructive, how- 

 ever, to note that the oil of the district 

 of Genoa, and that produced in France, 

 are considered at Bordeaux of equal 

 merit. The circumstance before re- 

 ferred to, that much of the olive oil ex- 

 ported from Bordeaux, and of the most 

 reputed brands, bears no indication on 

 the labels of the bottles as to where it 

 was grown, confirms this view; for, 

 obviously, the contents may be, indif- 

 ferently, Genoa oil or French oil. 



This being so, we shall show on un- 

 questionable authority that Genoa oil 

 (and therefore Nice and Provence oil, 

 also) is inferior to the best Tuscan oil. 

 And such an authority we conceive to 

 be the official " Report upon the Con- 

 ditions of Agriculture " in Italy, drawn 

 up by the Ministry of Agriculture, In- 

 dustry, and Commerce (Bureau of Agri- 

 culture), from which we have before 

 quoted. Seeing that both the oil of 

 the district of Genoa and of Tuscany 

 are Italian products, it would hardly be 

 possible to quote a higher, a more un- 

 biased, or disinterested authority as to 



* Ministero di Agricoltura, Industria e Com- 

 mercio (Divisione di Agricoltura). — " Relazione 

 intorno alle Condizioni dell' Agricoltura." Vol. 

 I., page 409 : Gli olii piu celebrati per la 

 loro finezza sono quelli di Calci e di Buti 

 nelle colline pisane e quelli di Lucca, che giusta- 



their comparative merits than the ITAL- 

 IAN STATE DEPARTMENT OF 

 AGRICULTURE. Against this the un- 

 supported assertions of Bordeaux ex- 

 porters will not carry much weight. 



This official publication states that: 

 ' ' The oils most celebrated for their ex- 

 cellence are those of CALCI and BUTI 

 on the Pisa hills, and those of LUCCA 

 (viz., the most noted districts of TUS- 

 CANY), which jmtly enjoy the very high- 

 est repute in foreign countries ; next to 

 these come, generally speaking, the oils 

 of nearly the whole of Tuscany, of Bari, 

 the environs of Lake Thrasimenus 

 (Umbria), and of some parts of Liguria 

 (Genoa district)." And again in another 

 passage: -THE TUSCAN OILS OF 

 LUCCA, CALCI, AND BUTI ARE ES- 

 TEEMED THE FINEST IN THE 

 WORLD."* 



This disposes of the question. 



We need only add that if consumers 

 make sure that they are really getting 

 the best LUCCA OIL, they will soon 

 satisfy themselves that it is, without 

 exception, THE FINEST OLIVE OIL 

 IN THE WORLD. 



mente godono di grandissima fama all'estero. A 

 questi poi si accostano in generalegli olii di quasi 

 tutta la Toscana, del Barese, dei contorni del Lago 

 Trasimeno e di alcune parti della Liguria." lb. 

 p. 587 : " Gli olii Toscani di Lucca, di Calci e 

 di Buti, sono stimati i primi olii del mondo." 



