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tend that they will. I have more or less 
olives every year. I believe I could raise 
plenty of olives, but whether I could raise 
enoug^h to pay commercially or not I do 
not know, but I have plenty for my home 
consumption. 
Prof. Rolfs—There is a place near San¬ 
ford and one just east of Malabar and 
Drayton Island, I think, where they fruit 
quite heavily. I think that the probability 
of making it a commercial success is a 
small one. 
Member—Does Mr. Hampton use any¬ 
thing special in the way of fertilizer? 
Mr. Hampton—No, I don’t use any¬ 
thing special. 
Member—Last year I gave my olives 
slacked lime, and I think I am on the right 
track to getting enougb olives for our¬ 
selves. 
Mr. Hart—This matter has been pretty 
carefully g*one over by Mr. Rooks, one of 
our members, who is much interested in 
anything of the kind. I think the general 
opinion is that there is but one variety of 
olives that fruit well in Florida. I have 
seen some with trunks nearly two *feet 
through, but they never bore what you 
might call a full crop. I think there is 
one variety that will prodluce a fairly good 
crop, but do not remember what it is. 
Member—I live close to Mr. Rooks and 
see his olives, but I have never seen any¬ 
thing like a full crop. 
Mr. Taber—I have fruited some four 
or five different varieties of olives, includ¬ 
ing which are the Queen, and they do not 
even get to maturity, but drop before they 
mature. I have gotten olives from several 
Cijifferent varieties, but would not recom¬ 
mend them for anything more than home 
use. 
Mr. Hampton—I never had any trouble 
with the fruit dropping. They stayed 
pretty well to maturity. 
