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Old 16-05-2007, 09:04 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default olive tree - olea europaea - Winter hardy in UK?

Sacha wrote:


The whole process of preserving them. Ray tried one off our olive
trees last year, despite my warnings and I wish I'd had a camera
handy to record his face!


I tried one straight off mine a couple of years ago - I had not spotted it
and it had stayed there through the winter and was black and shrivelled, but
tasted just fine in a black olive sort of way.


pk