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-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Chatterton [SMTP:tn7685@orvienet.it]
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 8:01 PM
To: OliveOil@onelist.com
Subject: [OliveOil] Olive in Pakistan.

Another useful book is "Olive pests and their control in the Near East by
Katsoyannos FAO 1992. The chapter entitled "The olive tree" gives an
excellent summary of the climatic requirements.

Would you please advise if the above book is the source of the hours less
than 9C requirement below. If not, would you please advise what the source
is.

I think your greatest problem will be the need for 150 to 300 hours
below 9? C between November and Feb. Otherwise the trees will not flower. I
have a friend in Oman who has some olives and they never fruit. We have
tried pruning and pollination but (I have not been there) as far as I can
find out they are not flowering. The trees came from Australia originally
but no one knows what varieties etc.

I would be grateful for any authoritative sources of information on how to
determine whether olive trees might or might not grow, flower and fruit in
a particular climate. I have heard all sorts of rules of thumb, but on
further inquiry, no one is able to quote a source for the information. What
little information I have collected to date is not very helpful, being
qualitative in nature. This is especially true in the area of cultivar
selection, where the source will often stated 'suited to warmer climates'
but without any quantitative data or any qualification, such as 'warmer'
than what.
thanks,
Kim

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