Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1888 — The Olive in California. [ARTICLE]

The Olive in California.

Orovllle, Cal., Register. The olive is to be a source of great wealth to Northern California. It will flourish here better than in Italy, where about 2,000,000 acres are devoted to the tree. We say “better” advisedly, because in the new soil of this State the yield is ful|y double to the acre attained in the warm soil of Italy. There is no tree worthy of sc mnch attention here. It is pre-eminently adapted to the foot hill region, since it thrives in the dryest and most rooky soil without irrigation, and in such situations gives oil of a finer quality than that obtained' But both valley and foothills are suitable to the olive.