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The Mission olive is a cultivar of olive developed in California, by Spanish missions along El Camino Real in the late 18th century. [1] The Mission olive has been included in the Ark of Taste, an international catalog of endangered heritage foods maintained by the Slow Food movement. [2]
a Turkish olive used for split green olives, green olives in brine, black olives and olive oil. Clingstone. [4] Meslalla: Morocco a Moroccan green olive used for olive oil production, pickled in garlic and hot peppers. It is also used in tagines. Mission: United States originated on the California Missions and now grown throughout the state.
The Arbequina, Arbosana, Frantoio, Manzanilla, Mission, Pendolino, and Picual are grown but the Pendolino is a poor performer and planted to pollinate the Manzanilla. A severe freeze can kill olive trees, so the best area is north of Laredo and southwest of San Antonio, in the region known as the Winter Garden. [21]
Francis Augustus Kimball (January 26, 1832 – August 11, 1913) was an American businessman and horticulturalist. [2]: 1 He is often associated with bringing the railroad to San Diego Bay, though he was also a prominent horticulturist and businessman, involved in developing the Mission olive industry.
The olive, botanical name Olea europaea, meaning 'European olive', is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Oleaceae, found traditionally in the Mediterranean Basin, with wild subspecies found further afield in Africa and western Asia. When in shrub form, it is known as Olea europaea ' Montra ', dwarf olive, or little olive.
Arbequina is a cultivar of olives.The fruit is highly aromatic, small, symmetrical and dark brown, with a rounded apex and a broad peduncular cavity. In Europe, it is mostly grown in Catalonia, Spain, [1] but is also grown in Aragon and Andalusia, as well as California, [2] Argentina, Chile, Australia and Azerbaijan.
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