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<pre>Yes, Caird
I gained the olives from the same trees destroyed in 1996 . I'll send some
photo about then and now. I know it will be hard to believe it's the same
orchard.
Anyway, I have six cultivar: moraiolo, frantoio, pendolino, leccino,
maurino and some coratinas.
Why only 11% ? It's difficult to explain. Mr Volker Piasta wrote in his last
e-mail that in Toscana "this year the quantities are not very big due to a
very dry summer, but quality is very promising".
My farm is in Umbria, only 12 kms far from Toscana. In our region it rained
once in June, once in July and once in August (two centrimetres each time)
and both harvest and quality are exceptional but yield was lower than
usual.
My brother's old orchard gained 15%. He is my neighbour. But someone else
gained just from 7 to 9% !!
Probably my low yield is due to the age of the trees.
Dear Anna,
when olive oil is priced so low in Italy you can easily bet on its foreign
origin; it was only bottled in Italy. As it's impossible to compete in these
terms, it's my opinion that the only chance for small producers is referring
to a narrow circle of oil gourmets who are well disposed to buy quality as
"expansive" as I mean.
Ciao
Antonio
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> From: "P Caird" <
caird@netcon.net.au>
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> Antonio
The road ain't all that easy is it?
A few queries though. I assume you gained the olives from the same trees
nearly destroyed in 96 and yet the yield per tree was less than 1 kg/tree.
Seems light on to me. I visited a grove yesterday that is 4.5 years old and
it looks as though there will be around 3.5kg/tree.
I wonder also why you only gained 11% oil? What varieties do you have?
Regards
Caird
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From: "Anna Maksic" <
russiandoll@hotmail.com>
Dear Antonio,
It's interesting that olive oil is priced so low in Italy (I did not know
this fact). Here in the U.S., good quality olive oil -- or what is
"perceived" to be "good quality olive oil" -- is EXTREMELY expensive.
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