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<pre>I have not seen any of the FS17 variety near Perugia which is only
40 minutes from here but to be honest you need to be much more of an olive
expert than me to tell one variety from another except in a few simple
cases. Where near Perugia?

Why are growers in Oz and NZ so worried about self pollination? If you have
a list of selection critieria and then add another factor like self
pollination you reduce the pressure on the others. Yield, quality,
resistance and fruit size (for mechanical picking) are all much more
important.

Perhaps it is a misunderstanding of "blending". I would say that nearly all
oils in Italy are blended but the blending takes place in the grove as all
trees are picked together. This is quite different from factory blending
where oils from all over the Mediterranean are blended for a uniform brand.


Cheers Brian Chatterton.
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