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Old June 2nd, 2006, 07:04 PM
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Jack,

Welcome to the group.

I will try to address all your questions as best I can:

*It will probably be some five years before the trees start producing something;

*As John said Mission is a cultivar from California, and Lucca is a toscanian oil cultivar from the Lucca province;

*I do not believe you can adapt the fruit press, for olive oil extraction one needs very high pressures (400 Atm);

*The same thing applies for the grain mill, the olive nut is really hard and you will probably end up destroying it;

*| suggest you try one of the small scale solution from TEM (http://www.tem.it/) or from Pieralisi (http://www.pieralisi.com/) , I'm sure their sold in the US;

*The olive tree is hardier them oranges and figs, so you will probably will be ok;

Hope I've of been of some assistance.

Cheers,

Joćo
Cascais - Portugal
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