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The Olive

K. G. Bitting

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Origin, etymology, climate, propagation, products: Katherine Bitting gives the olive the complete monograph treatment in barely a hundred pages. The tree, the fruit, and the industry, condensed by a pioneering food scientist. Everything essential about the oldest cultivated luxury in the Mediterranean pantry. Know the olive from root to press.

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20 chapters

  1. 1THE OLIVE
  2. 2OLIVES
  3. 3Origin
  4. 4Duration
  5. 5Etymology
  6. 6Description
  7. 7Climatic Requirements
  8. 8Varieties
  9. 9Propagation
  10. 10Products
  11. 11FLOWERS
  12. 12LEAVES
  13. 13WOOD
  14. 14BARK
  15. 15FRUIT
  16. 16PREPARATION OF FRUIT
  17. 17Foreign
  18. 18Imported Green Olives

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