2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38
For those who did not grow up in Italy, like the jolly Cipollino, figs and olives are exotic plants, the fruits of which are no longer a wonder. True, in their homeland they are called not olives, but olives growing on evergreen trees, known since ancient times
Olive family
Among the evergreen shrubs and trees of the genus Olive (Olea), the most famous is the European Olive (Olea europaea), which is more correctly called the "Olive tree".
Ancient civilizations cultivated the olive tree in culture, actively using its fruits. This tree is not only ancient, but also durable. While from the great civilizations of antiquity there are, at best, ruins, and more often only legends, the age of some individuals of the olive tree is estimated at a thousand, or even more, years.
In the photo there are olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jerusalem.
The strong roots of the tree, although located close to the surface of the earth, firmly hold onto themselves thick, twisted trunks, which are often swollen at the base of the plant. The olive-green color of the trunks merges with the green of the flexible branches with leathery lanceolate leaves. Trees stretch towards the sun, growing up to 20 meters in height.
Axillary inflorescences, collected from white nondescript flowers, exude aroma.
The main treasure of the tree is its fruits - one-seeded drupes. From September to December, they ripen on flexible branches, saturating the pulp of the fruit with olive oil, the content of which reaches 70 percent. Since ancient times, people have been using olive oil in food, medicine and perfumery.
Differences between olives and olives
How not to be mistaken in choosing the right product on our store shelves. The name "olives" can only be found on Russian-speaking banks, because where olives grow, they are called olives, whatever color they are.
It's just that those olives that have not yet reached full maturity are called "green olives", and those that have ripened on the branches of a tree, having acquired a black color, are called "black olives" We call "black olives" "olives".
The modern food industry, in a hurry to feed olive lovers, often does not wait for the olives to ripen on the tree, but resorts to using chemicals that make green olives turn black. Naturally, the quality of such a product leaves much to be desired.
If you want to enjoy natural black olives, it is better to choose jars containing olives with pits. The trick lies in the fact that mature olives are very soft, and therefore it is problematic to extract pits from them. Therefore, the presence of a bone is a guarantor of quality. Pitted black olives stuffed with different fillings may well turn out to be green olives that have been treated with chemicals.
Varieties
* European olive oleaster (Olea europaea oleaster) is a wild form of the Olive tree up to 6 meters high with thorny branches. Like many wild plants, it forms lush shoots at the base of the trunk, taking care of the duration of its presence on Earth. Very small fruits are colored blackish-red.
* Laurel olive (Olea laurifolia) - in spring the tree is covered with fragrant white flowers.
* Olive warty (Olea verrucosa) - linear-lanceolate leaves cling to warty grayish shoots.
Olive tree for bonsai
Since most of the Russian territory is not suitable for growing an olive tree, and I really want to grow fruits on my own, which I misunderstood as a child I removed from an appetizing dish, wondering why it was spoiled with some tasteless plums, you can grow a small tree in bonsai.
The best way to grow bonsai is to use seed, which will grow into a tree with small leaves and a twisted trunk characteristic of an olive, which should be kept indoors.
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European Olive
European olive is one of the plants of the family called olive, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Olea europica L. As for the name of the family of the European olive, in Latin it will be like this: Oleaceae Hoffmgg. et Link.
Vibrant Mediterranean Fruit Fly
The Mediterranean fruit fly is a very dangerous pest that damages plums with peaches, oranges with apricots and some other vegetables and fruit crops. Hungry larvae feeding on the pulp of the fruit provoke their gradual abscission. And damage to the delicate skin of developing fruits during oviposition leads to the development of mold on them and subsequent decay. Especially often with these bright harmful flies can be found in subtropical and tropical
Olive Spot Of Cucumbers
The olive spot of cucumbers, or cladosporia, attacks cucumbers both in greenhouses and in the open. In conditions of high air humidity and low temperatures, this attack is especially harmful. Sharp daily temperature drops, drafts and irrigation by sprinkling with cold water also greatly contribute to its development. Typically, olive spot affects fruits and petioles with stalks. Of course, the fruits suffer the most, so pr
