The Olive and Its Products

The Olive and Its Products

Author: Lewis Adolphus Bernays

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-10-20

Total Pages: 114

ISBN-13: 9780282755614

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Excerpt from The Olive and Its Products: A Treatise on the Habits, Cultivation, and Propagation, of the Tree; And Upon the Manufacture of Oil and Other Products Therefrom I find, however, without venturing 'to question the dicta of these writers, defects of various kinds in their method of putting together the useful information they afford, which lessens the practical utility of their pamphlets. It is also apparent that in some cases important points have been overlooked altogether while in others a mass of statistical information, of little use to the farmer= seeking a cultural and descriptive guide, weakens their value for that purpose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.


Olive Cultivation in Ancient Greece

Olive Cultivation in Ancient Greece

Author: Lin Foxhall

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2007-09-20

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0198152884

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An examination of olive cultivation as a way of understanding ancient Greek agriculture in its different settings. The author assembles evidence from written sources, archaeology, and visual images. Her investigation opens up new ways of thinking about the economies of the archaic and classical Greek world.