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["Richard L. Wagner" <rewagner@centurytel.net>]

Some as young as three years other varieties 5-12 years. When I lived 
in California 3-5 seemed typical. 
We had three trees but they were already well established when we moved there. 

For those unfamiliar don't let anyone trick you into eating a fresh 
olive. It is as bad as an unripe wild persimmon only bitter instead of 
astringent and it makes you spit purple until you run out of saliva. 

Quoting mIEKAL aND :
> I had read somewhere that it takes an olive tree 50 years to be
> mature. Anyone know?
>
> ~mIEKAL
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Chris Carnevale
>  wrote:
> > That is going to be an awesome event.  I wish I could attend.  Being a
> > Southeasterner myself, I am happy to see commercial olive oil entering the
> > scene.  There is a farm north of Charleston, SC that is considering
> > planting an olive orchard and I so hope they do. 
> >
> > Chris Carnevale
> > Charleston, SC
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