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4( EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD.
gradually increased from the root wood through the stem wood and
twig wood to the leaves. The proportion of nitrogen in all woody parts
of the tree is greater than that of any other food element excepting
lime, but in the leaves there is less nitrogen than potash, and this difference
is still greater in the fruit. The woody parts of drupaceous
trees are poorer in lime than are pomaceous trees, but the leaf is richer.
This last statement is true also of the fruit, although in this case the
difference is not so great. In the pits of cherries and plums nitrogen
is much in excess of the ash, of which latter phosphoric acid forms the
larger part. The results obtained in these experiments furnish additional
evidence of the importance of potash in the production of sugar
in the plant.
Olives, F. T. BOLE'TTI and G. E. COLBY (California Sta. Bul. 123,
pp. 3., figs. 7, p1. 1).-This bulletin is intended to be a convenient summary
of such practical information in regard to olive' culture as is
most in demand. Under the head of cultivation are discussed climate,
soil, propagationl, )runing, grafting, budding, and gathering the fruit.
Under oil making are considered drying and crushing, the separation
of the oil, and pressing and clarification. Under pickling are discussed
the lye process, pure-water process, manufacture of green pickles,
nutritive value of olives, and grading and sorting. A number of the
best-known varieties are described and notes are given on the twig
borer, black scale, sooty mold, peacock leaf-spot, dry rot, bacterial rot,
and olive knot.
Investigations were made on the comparative value of ripe and green
pickled olives as foods. Analyses are shown in the following table:
Analyses, of edible part of ripe and green pJickled olives.
I Ripe olives from California. Green
--- -- - - - Queen
- Tediul * lisAT- T Larger olives
5Meditu-sized Mis- erv frm
WVatery from
sion.
M mission. Spain.
Per cent. I'e cent. Per cent. Per cent.
Vater .......------------ ----------- 64.72 65.45 72.77 78.41
(il ...------------------ ...--- --------- 25. 89 25. 15 18.81 12. J0
Carb)ohydrates ....------------ - ----------- -.. . . .... .. . 4.28 3. 22 2.49 1. 78
Other substances-. ...... . -- .--- ......---- -- .--- --- -------- 5. 11 6. 18 5.93 6.91
From this table it is seen that pickled ripe olives are very nutritious,
much more so than green olives. They are also said to be more
assimilable.
Studies were made of variations of size of fruit and amount of pit
and oil in different varieties. The ratio of the smallest to the largest
fruit, the pit, and oil in the flesh ill each of 15 varieties are tabulated,
and the averages for each of 57 are given.
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