. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. OLIVE OLIVE 1127 Pickling Olives is a simple matter in tbeorj-, but even more judgment is needed than in the oil-extracting pro- cess. The "bitter" is withdra^vn by the use of lye, or else by long and daily immersions in fresh water. There is an increasing demand for Californian ripe pickled Olives, t
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. OLIVE OLIVE 1127 Pickling Olives is a simple matter in tbeorj-, but even more judgment is needed than in the oil-extracting pro- cess. The "bitter" is withdra^vn by the use of lye, or else by long and daily immersions in fresh water. There is an increasing demand for Californian ripe pickled Olives, the crop invariably being sold before ready for delivery. In quality and flavor they are distinctly supe- rior to the best imported green Olives. The most dis- couraging feature connected with the marketing of Olive oil is the fact that the imported oils are nearly all adulterated more or less either at foreign ports or in the United States, some showing 80 or 90 per cent of cotton- seed. Until some national law is passed by which cot- tonseed oil shall be labeled and sold as such and not under names designed merely to deceive, such as "Pure Lucca Oil," "Pure California Oil," "Sweet Olive Oil," etc., the prospects for the California Olive-grower will not brighten as far as the production of oil is concerned. Given such a law, California can and will produce all the Olive oil that is needed in the United States. See report on the Condition of Olive Culture in Cali- fornia by A. P. Hayne, Bull. 129 of Calif. Exp. Sta., issued May, 1900. Leonard Coates. Olive Pkoducts. —Olives are almost entirely used for making oil and pickles; some varieties are pi-epared by simple drying, but the quantity so used in the U. S. is very small and need hardly be considered a market prod- uct as yet. The general use of Olive oil in this coun- try has been somewhat retarded by the introduction and sale of refined (clarified) cottonseed oil under vari- ous names and bran
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