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<pre>Mike,

Do you get the Australian Olive Grower? If so look back through the last
couple of years and you will find an article we wrote on pollination which
you might find interesting and useful. My files are in a muddle and I cannot
find the reference off hand.

Be careful about self- fertile varieties. There were many claims for
such (Barnea and Frantoio are two example) which have proved completely
wrong and a financial disaster for those who took that advice. Why take the
risk? Mixed planting is so easy.

Cheers Brian Chatterton
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<pre>> Mike,
>
> Do you get the Australian Olive Grower? If so look back through the
last
> couple of years and you will find an article we wrote on pollination which
> you might find interesting and useful. My files are in a muddle and I
cannot
> find the reference off hand.
>
> Be careful about self- fertile varieties. There were many claims for
> such (Barnea and Frantoio are two example) which have proved completely
> wrong and a financial disaster for those who took that advice. Why take
the
> risk? Mixed planting is so easy.
>
> Cheers Brian Chatterton

Yes, I do get AOG. I remember seeing several articles in both this and the
AOA magazine, but all are a bit dated and new information is coming along
all the time, as you say.

The bottom line to my question is: we know Frantoio works well locally, but
I'd desperately love to avoid a sea of Frantoio and nothing else. So if I am
going to go down the "something else" path, what will work.

Fortunately the contributors to this list have come to the party, and I
thank you all for your contributions. Your concept of mixed planting seems
to have worked for the past couple of dozen centuries, so I suppose we had
better give it a go!

Regards, and best wishes to all for the Festive Season,

Mike Wilson.
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