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> Someone mentioned recently that some growers might like to buy advanced
M's
> for table fruit in order to give their business a flying start, and we
> wonder what growers generally unhappy with M's are thinking about doing
> with their trees. Has anyone heard if Cobram has had any takers for their
> M's as advanced trees for table fruit? Might be worth following their lead
> if it works.

We have bitten the bullet with our Manzanillo and decided to pursue the
table olive market.

My original 120 Ms, augmented by 60 UC13A6 which turned out also to be Ms,
are now the dominant tree in the 400 tree grove, so we thought me might as
well have a shot at developing the table & pickled olive side of the market.

We already have 3 interested customers (2 local, one at Mudgee) and should
be able to produce around 3 tonne of good quality pickling olives next
season. Whether we can find a market for them all remains to be seen!
Incidentally, the suprise success of the year was Azapa (sp?) olives. The
last to ripen, and turned out as the best of the picked olives. Does anybody
know anything about them? Alternate spelling might be Adzappa?

Regards

Mike Wilson.
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