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<pre>Dear Phil,
I too am experiencing a very low volume of fruit set this year. I am in
Baerami Creek in the Upper Hunter valley of NSW and I put it down to strong
winds at the crucial pollination time. We had huge inflorescence number in
the corregiola block (the main variety I have), last years was a heavy crop
and so there could be some biannual component to this phenomonem as well.
The growing conditions experienced during winter were favourable so I feel
irrigation was sufficient during this phase. On talking to other growers in
northern NSW it seems this is a general problem. Most growers experienced
very wet conditions last year with good fruit yeilds but a huge % of water
which made for a frustrating processing task for those with mills to
experiment on.

Regards Sharn
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From: Phil Bramley <bramleyp@one.net.au>
To: <OliveOil@onelist.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 1:58 PM
Subject: RE: [OliveOil] Welcome


> From: "Phil Bramley" <bramleyp@one.net.au>
>
> In this growing season I have noticed that my grafted Kalamata olives
appear
> to be less healthy than other varieties in the same block. The leaves have
a
> yellowish look compared to color of the Frantoio (Paragon) varieties close
> by. The latter are much greener and appear to be more vigorous.
>
> Does anyone have any information on the Kalamata variety and whether they
> have a greater nutritional requirement than other varieties.
>
> We are also noticing that this year's crop of olives generally is much
less
> than last year's. Although the olives are under sprinkler irrigation the
> bi-annual nature of olives seems to be much in evidence.
>
> Regards,
>
> Phil
>
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