The California fruits and how to grow them; a manual of methods which have yielded greatest success, with the lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state . Manzanillo Sevillano, or Queen Olive. Ascolano.—^\-n\^ olive of Ascoli. Verv large, large as a French pruneand much like one in shape (Biolctti). Excellent for pickles, but not desirablein color of either green or ripe pickles. The foregoing enumeration and description of varieties is only partial and mainly restricted to varieties which have been more or VARIETIES OF THE OLIVE 421 less largely planted. M
The California fruits and how to grow them; a manual of methods which have yielded greatest success, with the lists of varieties best adapted to the different districts of the state . Manzanillo Sevillano, or Queen Olive. Ascolano.—^\-n\^ olive of Ascoli. Verv large, large as a French pruneand much like one in shape (Biolctti). Excellent for pickles, but not desirablein color of either green or ripe pickles. The foregoing enumeration and description of varieties is only partial and mainly restricted to varieties which have been more or VARIETIES OF THE OLIVE 421 less largely planted. Many more have been experimentally fruited,but the tendency is to concentrate on very few which have madegood in California and there is far less interest in varieties than a quar-ter of a century ago. The following are the leading facts as to sizepit, and oil contents of the varieties which have been most largelyplanted and a few others: Averages of Olive varieties, determined at the University of California Number ofVARIETY. Olives per pound. Mission Nevadillo Blanco Manzanillo Redding Picholine Uvaria Rubra Oblonga Colunibella Pendulina P
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