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- From: "Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>
- To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] olive trees
- Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:10:26 -0800
Michele, Those are all sound objections and
appreciated comments. This tree would be away from concrete, and I like curing
olives. I even want to, one day, try my hand at some small-scale pressing
again. When I grew up here, there were plentiful olive trees in public or
abandoned/undeveloped/unused private land, or in yards of neighbors/acquaintances.
Anyone could easily go out and get all the olives he wanted. In this area of
town, and at this time, there are much fewer trees. I see few in the
neighborhood, and, unlike when I grew up here, we don’t know our
neighbors. I am surprised that I don’t have an abundance of free olives,
but there you go. I had initially planned on no olive trees here because I
thought I could find plenty nearby. I certainly could in other areas of town. Also
my inner landscaper looks at the gap I want to fill and the color, texture, and
form of an olive would work beautifully. You know, I think a lot of olives have
been removed, at least the ones you used to see streetside, because of the mess.
Same with mulberries – the only ones I see anymore are fruitless. Stephen From:
nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of M Stanton Everyone’s tastes in fruit are different, but if I
had ¼ acre in the Their pollen is a major allergen, the fruit makes a mess
on the sidewalk, olives have to be cured, and what’s more, there are enough
other olive trees around that it would probably be easy to find another
homeowner who was happy to have you harvest their fruit, so you could have
fruit without planting the tree yourself. Of course, olives are beautiful
long-lived trees, probably suitable for xeriscaping, etc. Just a thought from an ex-Californian. Michele Stanton |
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[NAFEX] olive trees,
M Stanton, 03/15/2006
- Re: [NAFEX] olive trees, Stephen Sadler, 03/15/2006
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