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> Someone mentioned recently that some growers might like to buy advanced
M's
> for table fruit in order to give their business a flying start, and we
> wonder what growers generally unhappy with M's are thinking about doing
> with their trees. Has anyone heard if Cobram has had any takers for their
> M's as advanced trees for table fruit? Might be worth following their lead
> if it works.

We have bitten the bullet with our Manzanillo and decided to pursue the
table olive market.

My original 120 Ms, augmented by 60 UC13A6 which turned out also to be Ms,
are now the dominant tree in the 400 tree grove, so we thought me might as
well have a shot at developing the table & pickled olive side of the market.

We already have 3 interested customers (2 local, one at Mudgee) and should
be able to produce around 3 tonne of good quality pickling olives next
season. Whether we can find a market for them all remains to be seen!
Incidentally, the suprise success of the year was Azapa (sp?) olives. The
last to ripen, and turned out as the best of the picked olives. Does anybody
know anything about them? Alternate spelling might be Adzappa?

Regards

Mike Wilson.
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<pre>having just visited Mudgee and stayed with Jody and Bruce Hague, I am
very familiar with the Mudgee area. Marketing table olives with wines
is an exciting prospect.

Regarding the olives mentioned by Mike Wilson. The first aspect relates
to using international varieties and then the appropriate methods.

The Australian market likes green manzanillo's, spiced olives, large
olives (Sevillano, UC13A6), naturally black olives Kalamata and Volos),
Californian Style Black-mostly from Spain (Caustic with artificial
colouring by oxidation) and date olives - black shrivelled.

¥ Manzanillo - Green Spanish Style (Caustic Method)
¥ UC13A6 - Californian Queen (Green Greekstyle)
¥ Kalamata - Naturally black Greek Style
¥ Date Olives - Conservolea or other black ripe olives with an average
oil content.

¥ Azapa - This olive is probably of Spanish origin - and possibly
related to Gordal Sevilla. It is commonly found in Chile. It is used for
table olives. Limited reports indicate medium tolerance tocold and a
high drought tolerance. With respect to production it has an alternate
bearing patter with intermediate sized crops.

If you want to learn more about table olives, then you may be interested
in our book - Table Olives Getting Started Kailis and Oldham 2000.

Prof Stan Kailis
The University of Western Australia
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