http://www.olives101.com/2009/07/15/greek-island-takes-olive-tree-census/ Olive, olive oil, olives, oils, news, information, forums, community, all about olive for professionnal to consumers. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:08:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.olives101.com/2009/07/15/greek-island-takes-olive-tree-census/comment-page-1/#comment-95972 Marina Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:42:25 +0000 http://www.olives101.com/?p=2640#comment-95972 One of these old trees are mine and they are still giving fruits (olives). =) One of these old trees are mine and they are still giving fruits (olives). =)

]]> http://www.olives101.com/2009/07/15/greek-island-takes-olive-tree-census/comment-page-1/#comment-63086 Rachel Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:39:22 +0000 http://www.olives101.com/?p=2640#comment-63086 Bookmarked this amazing page, will appear back for much more. Thanks for display incredibly fantastic informations. I found just the material I already looked all over the place and just could not locate. What a perfect website, so keep up the great perform! - Rachel Bookmarked this amazing page, will appear back for much more. Thanks for display incredibly fantastic informations. I found just the material I already looked all over the place and just could not locate. What a perfect website, so keep up the great perform! – Rachel

]]> http://www.olives101.com/2009/07/15/greek-island-takes-olive-tree-census/comment-page-1/#comment-43892 Miquel Mon, 07 Jun 2010 16:53:26 +0000 http://www.olives101.com/?p=2640#comment-43892 It is not the only census of monumental olive trees, in the region near the Ebro delta, in the Southern tip of Catalonia, they also conducted such a census and it resulted in over 4000 millenary olive trees in the area of the study, coincidentally I was doing some research on it yesterday, her eis the story I wrote in case it is of interest: Olive trees can live for hundreds or thousands of years...it is amazing, coincidentally I just wrote a post in my blog about a region of Spain that has the largest concentration of millenary olive trees in Europe, some of them possibly planted by the Romans...and there are some olive oil brands that are starting now that are going to produce oil from +1000-year-old trees. Here is the story I was talking about, hope you like it: http://gourmetorigins.com/blog/the-thousand-years-old-olive-oil/ It is not the only census of monumental olive trees, in the region near the Ebro delta, in the Southern tip of Catalonia, they also conducted such a census and it resulted in over 4000 millenary olive trees in the area of the study, coincidentally I was doing some research on it yesterday, her eis the story I wrote in case it is of interest:
Olive trees can live for hundreds or thousands of years…it is amazing, coincidentally I just wrote a post in my blog about a region of Spain that has the largest concentration of millenary olive trees in Europe, some of them possibly planted by the Romans…and there are some olive oil brands that are starting now that are going to produce oil from +1000-year-old trees. Here is the story I was talking about, hope you like it: http://gourmetorigins.com/blog/the-thousand-years-old-olive-oil/

]]> http://www.olives101.com/2009/07/15/greek-island-takes-olive-tree-census/comment-page-1/#comment-33491 David Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:26:58 +0000 http://www.olives101.com/?p=2640#comment-33491 Most of the olive varieties of the world are ancient in origin and there are a long way to work and studing about it. Crete is a good example of genetic bank for conservation. Most of the olive varieties of the world are ancient in origin and there are a long way to work and studing about it. Crete is a good example of genetic bank for conservation.

]]> http://www.olives101.com/2009/07/15/greek-island-takes-olive-tree-census/comment-page-1/#comment-25371 Brian Robertson Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:03:06 +0000 http://www.olives101.com/?p=2640#comment-25371 That is unreal the size of the 1000+ year old olive tree - 66 feet in circumference - unbelievable. That is unreal the size of the 1000+ year old olive tree – 66 feet in circumference – unbelievable.

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