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The bacterial pathogen, Xylella fastidiosa pauca (X. f. pauca), that causes "Olive Quick Decline Syndrome" (OQDS) and mainly affects the Apulia region has infected 200,000 hectares (490,000 acres) in Italy and is feared to be spreading, despite containment measures. [6]
Olive all'ascolana was first created in Ascoli Piceno, in the Italian region of Marche, around 1800. The dish was created by private chefs to use leftover meat after parties or celebrations at wealthy estates. [1] The dish is served as an appetizer at bars with aperitifs.
Olive oil is produced in the mesocarp cells, and stored in a particular type of vacuole called a lipo vacuole, i.e., every cell contains a tiny olive oil droplet. Olive oil extraction is the process of separating the oil from the other fruit contents (vegetative extract liquid and solid material).
Virgin olive oil is a lesser grade of virgin oil, with free acidity of up to 2.0%, and is judged to have a good taste, but may include some sensory defects. Refined olive oil is virgin oil that has been refined using charcoal and other chemical and physical filters, methods which do not alter the glyceridic structure. It has a free acidity ...
a variety of olive tree typical of the DOP area known as Aprutino Pescarese in the province of Pescara (Abruzzo). Its olives yield an extra virgin olive oil featuring extraordinary chemical and organoleptic qualities. Empeltre: Spain a medium-sized black olive grown in Spain, especially along the Ebro Valley and the Balearic Islands.
The highest olive grove is found above Faido, at 907 metres above sea level. The most common cultivars are Leccino, Frantoio and Pendolino. In Sonvico, Melide, Lopagno and Verdabbio (Grisons), olive orchards with cultivars from Ticino have been established by ProSpecieRara. [1] [7] Olive oil production in Switzerland is very small.
An olive tree in the city of Bar in Montenegro has an estimated age of between 2,014 and 2,480 years. [80] An olive tree on the island of Brijuni in Croatia has a radiocarbon dating age of about 1,600 years. It still gives fruit (about 30 kg or 66 lb per year), which is made into olive oil. [81]
Mt. Olive Township (N½ T7N R6W) is located in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,274 and it contained 1,536 housing units. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,274 and it contained 1,536 housing units.