An Essay on the History and Cultivation of the European Olive-Tree (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from An Essay on the History and Cultivation of the European Olive-TreeBut none of these species forms an object of great importance in the rural economy of the regions to which they are indigenous, nor does their introduction promise very beneficial fruits to the agriculture of other countries. It is far otherwise with the Euro pean Olive. This ornament of the vegetable kingdom, which is called by Columella the first among trees, has constituted from the remotest antiquity, the pride of some of the most celebrated regions of theglobe, and, besides the commercial value of its products, it is invested, both by sacred and prof ane his tory, with a thousand interesting associations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.