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<pre>Dear friends.

The discussion is very interesting, however we all do not know what really makes
a good or even outstanding oil. Too many factors have to be considered to single
out irrigation as 'the' major factor. Based on Brian Chatterton's Tuscan 'tales'
resp. example, we carefully (deficiency) irrigated our organic grove. As you can
see from the following AOA table, our 'irrigated' 6 year old Frantoio trees
produced the second Gold Medal in this year's 6th National Extra Virgin Olive
Oil Show 2002 class 1, just beaten by Antony & Brigita Whiting's wonderful
Trophy oil. The 4 silver awards Jayne Bentivoglio (as well certified organic
oils and irrigated trees) and I shared could as well point to our specific cool
climate-high altitude conditions (our groves are south of Mudgee NSW at 700 m
above sea level).
However, lack of full irrigation has shown reduced growth of new fruiting wood
for next year's harvest. I have a wonderful comparison with my neighbour's grove
(Jamindama Olives), who irrigated extensively, produced outstanding oils and
plenty of new fruiting wood.
Always something to think about and to learn, isn't it?

Knut Kammann
Lakelands Olives
CLASS 1: 50-499 L
G+Small Volume Trophy Antony & Brigita Whiting unknown old grove 200 First
Creek Waterfall Gully SA
G Knut Kammann frantoio 465 Lakeland Olives Cremorne NSW
S Jayne Bentivoglio corregiola manzanillo early 175 Rylestone Olive Press
Rylestone NSW
S Jayne Bentivoglio barnea early harvest 465 Rylestone Olive Press
Rylestone NSW
S Vici Murdoch & Gerard Gaskin koroneiki 63 Riverina Olive Grove Wagga
Wagga NSW
S Knut Kammann bouquettier 85 Lakeland Olives Cremorne NSW
S Knut Kammann corregiola 470 Lakeland Olives Cremorne NSW
S Michael & Beverley Pimm frantoio wa mission leccino trad press 100
Agonis Ridge Margaret River WA

----- Original Message -----
From: Antony Whiting
To: OliveOil@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [OliveOil] re:Water & Moisture meters


--- Roger Farquhar <rogfarlandsc@...>
wrote: > Jon

>Our First Creek "Davenport and Finn" EVOO from
Waterfall Gully, SA was the trophy winning oil in the
AOA awards produced from the 'unknown old grove'. In
fact the grove comprises the largest remaining section
(4.5 Hectares at Waterfall Gully plus remaining
Beaumont sections) of Samuel Davenport's circa 1860's
and grove which spanned Beaumont and Waterfall Gully.



You're right, its not an easy subject, so for what
> its worth..
>
> For a variety of reasons I've elected to not
> irrigate my (young) trees
> however as it has not rained for most of this year I
> have hand watered a
> couple of times, 20 litres each tree each time.
> It's a laborious
> process but its only for the short term. If you are
> going to irrigate
> then infrequent deep watering cycles are the
> preferred option to
> encourage root growth.
>
> If you look at the AOA awards, best oil, 'unknown
> old grove' (sans
> irrigation I'll bet)
>
> Next year the topic will be drainage..
>
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>
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>


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