Olive Tree on the Malaga Hills 4

by Jenny Rainbow

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Olive Tree on the Malaga Hills 4

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Jenny Rainbow

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The variety of olive tree growing in neat rows across Andalucia today is the Olea Europeae. It is sufficiently important to have inspired the Junta de Andalucia (Regional Government) to track every commercial tree. In fact each one has its own GPS co-ordinates and is carefully monitored by regional officials. This is mainly to ensure fair play when it comes time to hand out subsidies. While most farmers play by the rules, certain unscrupulous folk were caught at the turn of this most recent century trying to pass off wooden posts as olive trees�
Spain is undoubtedly the world leader when it comes to olive production. This country dedicates 2.4 million hectares of land to this valuable crop. Italy and Greece are the other two world heavy weights with over 1.4 million hectares and more than 700,000 respectively. As a note of interest the trees in Italy and Greece have a slightly higher yield than those in Spain.
In ancient times it was believed that olive trees had to be planted near the sea in order to thrive, but modern agricultural techniques have overcome such barriers. One thing hasn�t changed, however, and that is the olive tree�s love of tough, rocky soil and craggy limestone cliffs. Perhaps surprisingly, these hearty trees produce better fruit and oil in poor soil than they do in rich, fertile earth.

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