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<pre>> How bad is the fruit set? Remember 97 to 95% of the flowers not setting
> is normal.
>

Brian,

I had fruit set ... a decent looking crop of grape-seed sized berries, which
then all fell off. I would now be lucky to have a kilo per tree, last year
averaged 15kg per tree. (now 6 year old trees)

> Also I worry about the mixture of varieties used in Oz. Are the
> pollination periods compatible? This is why I believe growers should
> adopt "theme" planting until more is known on the ability of California,
> Israeli, French. Italian, Tunisian and Spanish varieties to effectively
> cross.
>

We did have a bit if a problem here with Manzanillo flowering earlier than
their pollinator, Sevillano. All the others flowered at much the same time
and have more fruit than the Manzanillo.


Mike Wilson
Hunter Valley, Australia.
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