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research article

Increasing olive fruit sizes: Thinning important in lifting fruit from substandard grade into canning quality

authors

H. T. Hartmann, Experiment Station, Davis
Karl W. Opitz, Farm Advisor, Tulare County

publication information

California Agriculture 4(4):4-14. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v004n04p4. April 1950.

Summary

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Olives of canning fruit size are of particular interest to California olive growers due to the probable 50% cut in the tariff on olive oil.

author affiliations

H. T. Hartmann is Assistant Professor of Pomology in the Experiment Station, Davis. Karl W. Opitz is Farm Advisor, Tulare County.

author notes

The above progress report is based on Research Project No. 1301.