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<pre>Mike
We are at Braidwood NSW and also experience some pretty good frosts. We have
planted Frantoio, Correggiola and some Hardys Mammoth. Although our trees are
still young we have had very little frost damage. A possible reason may be that
we have 450mm plastic sleeves around all of the trees - even if the branches get
a bit of damage the main trunk does not.
Regards
Paul Moran
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From: Mike Wilson
To: Olives Groups
Sent: 13 October, 2002 6:17 PM
Subject: [OliveOil] Frost tolerent trees
Could any members of the group help me with information on which olive
varieties are able to withstand severe frost. We had a very cold, dry winter
this season and all the Kalamata trees on a grove I look after in Laguna
have died as a result. They are shooting again from the base, but are on
Paragon rootstock, so unless Paragon is a very frost tolerant cultivar, I am
looking for an alternative. Either table of oil will be considered.
The Manzanillo on the same block withstood the frost much better, as did the
Correggiola on the adjacent block. As a result I am now in the market for
around 300 frost hardy olive trees. A frost tolerant bank manager wouldn't
be a bad idea, either.
To add insult to injury, we've just had a hail storm. I'm not game to go and
look just yet. Yes, its been a bad day!
Regards,
Mike Wilson
Hunter Valley.
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