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<pre>Marcello,

by your description i presume you're located in the Colli Martani
sub-zone of the PDO. Being in Umbria you should base your grove on
"Frantoio" and "Moraiolo" in order to have a nice high quality oil full
of character, and if you want to have some table olives i recommend
"Ascolana tenera".
You can also use as secondary cultivars for oil production "Orbetana"
and "Nostrale di Rigali", booth very resistant to low temperatures and
producing high quality oils (the "Nostrale" harvest should be
anticipated because it's very sensitive to olive fly). But, and here is
the downside, with a olive grove with these varieties you should pay a
close attention to olive-knot (rogna) a peacock-spot (occhio di
pavone).

As for planting 5x5 or 6x6 open-vase leaving a 1.2m trunk to allow
mechanical harvest.

You can find out more about Umbrian cultivars by going to the ARUSIA
(Agenzia Regionale Umbra per lo Svilupo e l'Innovazione in Agricoltura
- www.arusia.umbria.it - via Mario Angeloni 63 PG). They have a few
books that might interest you (i think their free):

* VarietÃ* di Olivo in Umbria

* Caratteristiche dei frutti e dell'olio di germoplasma olivicolo in
Umbria

* Tecniche per lo sviluppo dell'olivicoltura in Umbria

* Indicazioni per il miglioramento qualitativo e la valorizzazione
della produzione olivicola in Umbria

Saluti,

João Correia


On 3 Jul, 2005, at 11:48, Le Dolci Tradizioni wrote:

> Brian,
>
> your answer to Jason's message reveals a good expertise concerning
> olive
> trees of central Italy.
>
> I have a little oliveto since a few months. It is located on the hills
> (450m./s.l.) midway between Todi and Perugia and I would like to
> extend the
> grove planting more olive trees till an overall extent of four
> hectares. The
> olives should be for the table and for E.V. olive oil.
>
> May I have a suggestion about the mixture of varieties, the row
> spacing, the
> pruning , the farming method, the harvesting and any other
> consideration
> that may be usefull?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Marcello Martinangeli
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