| Info Oil: The olive harvest |
The olives are gathered directly form the olive tree beating the leafy
branches with sticks to make the fruit fall into the net arranged around
the tree from where the olives are gathered later.
More modern technique, however, implies the use of the mechanical devices
that shake the branches of the tree and the olives fall in a net arranged
on the ground that greatly facilitates the process of olive gathering and
at the same time causes only very minimal damage to the olive tree.
Important for a later extraction of virgin oil is also the method of olive
storage.
Ideally, it should be ensured that the olives are gathered into the plastic
"well-aired boxes" , the boxes are kept away from the hot sun
and that the olive are "crushed" in 18-24 hours from their gathering.
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