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<pre>having just visited Mudgee and stayed with Jody and Bruce Hague, I am
very familiar with the Mudgee area. Marketing table olives with wines
is an exciting prospect.

Regarding the olives mentioned by Mike Wilson. The first aspect relates
to using international varieties and then the appropriate methods.

The Australian market likes green manzanillo's, spiced olives, large
olives (Sevillano, UC13A6), naturally black olives Kalamata and Volos),
Californian Style Black-mostly from Spain (Caustic with artificial
colouring by oxidation) and date olives - black shrivelled.

¥ Manzanillo - Green Spanish Style (Caustic Method)
¥ UC13A6 - Californian Queen (Green Greekstyle)
¥ Kalamata - Naturally black Greek Style
¥ Date Olives - Conservolea or other black ripe olives with an average
oil content.

¥ Azapa - This olive is probably of Spanish origin - and possibly
related to Gordal Sevilla. It is commonly found in Chile. It is used for
table olives. Limited reports indicate medium tolerance tocold and a
high drought tolerance. With respect to production it has an alternate
bearing patter with intermediate sized crops.

If you want to learn more about table olives, then you may be interested
in our book - Table Olives Getting Started Kailis and Oldham 2000.

Prof Stan Kailis
The University of Western Australia
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