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<pre>Sadoun wrote:

> Within a radius of 5 Km around our olive mill there is more than 500,000 olive
> trees (90% used for olive oil). Jordanians consume olive oil like water.

You're making me very jealous. Within 5km of our house we have precisely 0
olive trees (as far as I know).

Hence my question. We have only recently moved into our house. It is in the
mountains of Wales (latitude 52.3 deg N), but only 20 km or so from the sea
which benefits from the warming effect of the Gulf Stream. Temperatures
rarely go below -5C in winter (but could get to -10 in extreme weather), but
on the other hand do not usually get much above 22C in the summer. It can be
quite windy (up to 150km/h in very bad storms).

Now I know that there are olive varieties that are grown well up in the
Tuscan hills of Italy, and are hardier than most. I am wondering if it is
worth trying to grow an olive tree in our garden, and if so, what variety
would be best. It would be better still if we could get it to fruit and make
our own oil!

Any recommendations appreciated; I'd like to give it a go even if it fails!

Adrian
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Adrian.Shaw@aber.ac.uk
Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Wales,
Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales
http://pcjagg.dbs.aber.ac.uk/index.html
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