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<pre>> Hi Mike, I planted 40 UC 39 Olive Trees and every year the frost knocks
them
> back and they shoot from the bottom year after year. I would like to buy
> some more trees to replace this unsuitable variety and I am glad to say
the
> supplier where these trees came from don`t sell this type any more.
>
> regards,
> Michael B

Thanks Michael, that's one more to cross of the list!

Mike.

> The Manzanillo on the same block withstood the frost much better,
as did the
> Correggiola


i think you just answered your own question, mike.

Thanks Nick, but we have more bloody Manzanillo than we can poke a stick at,
so that is the very last resort! Some the Hunter's Manzanillo were supposed
to be UC13A6, some were supposed to me Mission, and some were supposed to be
Manzanillo. All turned out to be Manzanillo, and we have a surplus.
Correggiola is the second most planted variety, followed by Frantoio (same
thing?) so I was after something that everybody else doesn't have.

We have planted largely Tuscan varieties and the Leccino has been bullet
proof with no losses due to the cold. Frantoio is less hardy but we have
lost only about six trees out of 400 to 500 to the cold. Last year we
planted two Kalamata and apart from minor damage to leaf tips they survived
the winter well. Another variety that has done well in Central Otago is the
South Australian Verdale.

I hope that this helps.

Cheers
Steve Clark
Cairnmuir Olives

Leccino was one I had pencilled in as a "probable" following glowing reports
from the Upper Hunter. This is a great help, as I wanted somebody to talk me
into Leccino! SA Verdale is another I had considered, but didn't know a lot
about.

Thanks to all,

Regards,

Mike.
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