Show II 1 Olive Ii c Growing wing in Spain p i r k f nf ln ng tho time conditions n oC or r Uon tion of or olives and nd production of or nitwit nitwit- oil In that r rI section of or Spain i p J v Charles s. s write from eta eln 1 Th The ar area o. o planted In lit s In In this 2 I consular district tJ embracing the tho tho provinces prow prow- Y inces of oC Valencia C Cn hi da l- l Piana Teruel Alienate Alicante and anti IB JR ere acres Tho rho n crop rOI t suit cent year years has hos bean lieSum t tons loa tt WIT rat olives of lie which there than are aro pickled green groan timid and ripe nut I halt hair of or each t tons louis The Th oil produced train from rom the time ro- ro v I OI tons ton II amounts to 71 l T tops tons 01 ot nr o per hier cent nt of or the weight of gt olives milled unified Th The Tho price of oC oil nil I at th tilt the mill It lioL o 5 t to I C r. 5 per peor of oC 25 rounds Time The pr CA pl i 01 olIves ou h which In t this hl ir d Ifil t tare are aro smaller vitrioL variety n. n ant and lt C eOns iu n t cost cost- v-to v pick Is I fT lo to 7 70 1 c contain nt n. n f of olive sire lo to Z i cents C a n. day which j pick about pounds If it the frt ls fairly abundant and of o. o hut huC only SO to JOO hounds In ear of hit partial crop failure nud amid small r Prom 20 I to lo 4 p per r cent celt t of oC tho the t r of or olIve 1 crushed Is cnn considered d n a n t fajr- fajr yield of or oil cli Thio oil o of this district and particularly that thal produced ll on the tho slopes of or the time famous Sierra de do from Which hl h It derives It its nam name i IB la of oC very r fine fino and compe competes eR with ih 1 bt best t ami Un liar 11 olive IJ oils olK f r v To thoroughly understand st the time condi lions obtaining here help In olive j j I It In necessary to note nolo that the time crop ta considered df the tho most precarious grown In this country exposed as nA It Il ls Is to storms and Ion long bug droughts ot three thren and r even n en four mouths mouths' under a 0 burning sun In Iii an atmosphere with only I 12 to 20 O per percent of or moI lun those these periods of oC J drought ht the trees shed aimed n a large T v rO ago of ot their fruit which In is practically I worthless if I It t falls fall before August U URt hut hIt if it latem t Is milled 1 and p o produces a small I quantity of interior Inferior oil mostly em employed for tor Industrial purposes are aro no rio farmers arm rs cultivating olives olhos alone anti no districts H trl devotes devoted exclusively to o l' l olive oll plantations with lr trees treos R arron arranged 4 In lit symmetrical rows fully cau-fully pruned rl 1 anti and cultivated The Tho 0 Is i I planted hero here Irregularly on oil time the lower slopes of oe l bare HP mountains and mountain moun- moun I fV tain tam rec recesses elJ mostly In fn dry It loss wat o r In which nothing fl else v c could h bo hi farmed mingled I 1 with or IT r slightly h lI above ho time the line lino or 01 tao poorest grape grapo In anti and carob faroh beans ln scarcely 1 any expense being Incurred In lh their cultivation to th the great h In tIme the wine trade In but recent years rj t mn- mn in productive lc vines Inc are arc sometimes t replaced by h olive It trees f even en In fairly rich soils seLls oU ti but in S general tanners prefer 1 other crop lo to th tIme th haphazard olive oU hh I Iro ro I 1 i 1 to to the age 5 oC ot olive orchard It lIuis oI the there thoro 1 are aru many an l nu- nu of or tOO jOt to 2 no 0 vy J n I and o. 1 a a tow few probably tri I I J l Jh crt l |