Wow - what a topic.
>
> Some points that might be useful in the debate.
>
> 1. More than 90% of the world production of olive oil comes from
>the Mediterranean region and more than 90% is not irrigated.
>
> 2. Irrigation of young trees will certainly bring them into bearing
>earlier and more reliably.
>
> 3 . For quality oil remember the five "S"s needed for olives of the
>Italian folklore. They are translated into English with the "s"s still
>intact (only just) as Silence, stress (drought), solitude ,sun and stones.
>
> Cheers Brian Chatterton.
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Hi Brian-Forgive my ignorance, but would you elaborate a bit on the "S"s?Thank
you!---Livia