"Jonathan Sachs" wrote in message
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On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:50:17 GMT, "Snooze" wrote:

Think very carefully before planting olive trees. Any fruit that falls on
concrete will get smashed and stain the concrete, worse any fruit that you
smash underfoot will end up staining the carpet.

Perhaps this is a problem with a particular type of olive, or a
particular type of concrete. When I lived near San Francisco I knew of
several olive trees that were planted as landscaping around Santa
Clara office buildings, and even collected olives from one tree to
experiment with curing them. I do not recall a problem with staining.

Actually, the uncured olives resembled small rocks, and seemed
unlikely to stain anything.


I suppose I should have clarified. They aren't permanent stains, just dark
purple olive juice spots. I don't know what type of olive tree it was, but
it's the same type that seems to be common in many areas around the south
bay and san jose area..

The stains are caused by smashed fallen fruit that gets ground into the
sidewalk.

-S