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A pile of books and scrolls.

Books

A pile of books and scrolls.

"From a medal of Lepidus, represents an olive crown." — Anthon, 1891

Olive crown

"From a medal of Lepidus, represents an olive crown." — Anthon, 1891

Olive has been cultivated from the earliest times chiefly for its oil, which is obtained from the fruit by pressure.

Olive

Olive has been cultivated from the earliest times chiefly for its oil, which is obtained from the fruit…

Olive has been cultivated from the earliest times chiefly for its oil, which is obtained from the fruit by pressure.

olive

Olive has been cultivated from the earliest times chiefly for its oil, which is obtained from the fruit…

A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs found in the warmer regions of temperate climates. They attain the height of from fifteen to thirty feet. The leaves are lanceolate or oblong, have a smooth surface above but horny beneath, and are bluish or dusky-green in color.

Olive

A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs found in the warmer regions of temperate climates. They attain…

Pictured is an olive branch in flower and fruit. Olives yield oil and are also prepared as a food/condiment.

Olive

Pictured is an olive branch in flower and fruit. Olives yield oil and are also prepared as a food/condiment.

The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Lebanon, Syria and the maritime parts of Asia Minor and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea. Its fruit, the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the Mediterranean region as the source of olive oil. The Olive tree is an evergreen tree or shrub native to the Mediterranean, Asia and parts of Africa. It is short and squat, and rarely exceeds 8–15 meters in height. The silvery green leaves are oblong in shape, measuring 4–10 cm long and 1–3 cm wide. The trunk is typically gnarled and twisted. The small white flowers, with four-cleft calyx and corolla, two stamens and bifid stigma, are borne generally on the last year's wood, in racemes springing from the axils of the leaves. The fruit is a small drupe 1–2.5 cm long, thinner-fleshed and smaller in wild plants than in orchard cultivars. Olives are harvested at the green stage or left to ripen to a rich purple colour (black olive). Canned black olives may contain chemicals that turn them black artificially.

Olive Branch

The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas…

Olive branches in fruit, showing a self-sterile and a self-fertile variety.

Olive Branches in Fruit

Olive branches in fruit, showing a self-sterile and a self-fertile variety.

Pictured is a family gathering the fruit of grafted wild olives in Algeria.

Olive Gathering

Pictured is a family gathering the fruit of grafted wild olives in Algeria.

"The olive tree grows abundantly in all the countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea." -Lupton It's fruit, the olive, is used as a major resource to these countries for the production of olive oil.

Olive Tree

"The olive tree grows abundantly in all the countries bordering on the Mediterranean Sea." -Lupton It's…

"By the time [olive trees] are well grown the form of the young tree is established, and further pruning for form may be done in a general manner to obtain the following results: (1) Maintenance of a comparatively open center to the tree; (2) exposure to the sun and air as large a number as possible of last year's branches around the circumference of the tree; (3) removal of all ground suckers and water sprouts; (4) preservation of outward-growing and drooping basal and lateral fruit branches; (5) heading back of upward-growing limbs, which consume much, but produce little; and, (6) the removal of all diseased or injured wood. In pruning for form the rules governing pruning for fruit should be kept in mind."—Government Printing Office, 1897

An Olive Tree

"By the time [olive trees] are well grown the form of the young tree is established, and further pruning…

(1) Large knots on a still vigorous branch of old olive tree. (2) Young olive tree planted to replace one destroyed by a knot. (3) Small knots on a much weakened branch.

Olive Tree Branches

(1) Large knots on a still vigorous branch of old olive tree. (2) Young olive tree planted to replace…

Pictured is an ancient olive tree in an orchard in the south of France.

Ancient Olive Tree

Pictured is an ancient olive tree in an orchard in the south of France.

Pictured are several varieties of olives: (1) ascolano, (2) sevillano, (3) manzanillo, (4) mission, (5) nevadillo, (6) frantoio, and (7) redding.

Olive Varieties

Pictured are several varieties of olives: (1) ascolano, (2) sevillano, (3) manzanillo, (4) mission,…

Eleven olives.

Eleven Olives

Eleven olives.

The Olive Ornament is an Evergreen that blossoms a small white oval fruit, greenish black.

Olive Ornament

The Olive Ornament is an Evergreen that blossoms a small white oval fruit, greenish black.

Quills, a crown, olive branches, and books

Quill doodad

Quills, a crown, olive branches, and books

A group of women, with a lyre and wreath.

Sappho

A group of women, with a lyre and wreath.