New-York tribune., 1903-02-01

finds them PUPPY but hard Should novice taste
them he is likely slightly to pucker up MS ups
but he invariably tries again, and remarks oh 'io
rich oilv taste On the shelf above the oarrei IS
q bottle of the French green olives with neish.
borinp bottle from Spain, in which the seeos Oh
the olives have been replaced with red peppers
The bottles are dusty. There is little denano mere
for them.
The only difference between the green ana the
black olive is that is picked and picked green
and the other is permitted fully to ripen. mature
it's full quota of oil and assume its naturai oiaeN
color For purposes of distinction. the ohSe iii-
ported from Italy and Greece, the klno hat C0eSai
and Pericles as well their descendants "elo
accustomed to eat is called the black ohVe lor Il
is of an ebony hue: while the product of California
orchards which is dark brown, is designated as
the ripe olive.
In speakine of the Greek varieties which are
now to be found in the American market Eman-
mel Psaiki. of the firm of Psaik Brothers, No 81
WalI-st said yesterday:
THE Salona is the favorite of the Greek ana
Italian people of New-York. Its skin is thinner.
it's stone smaller and its pulp meater saiona
is the capital of the province OF Parnassus' anu
most of the crop of this country is shlpped mere
from the seaport of Etea This variety keeps the
longest Olives grow almost all the Greek isles
and in parts of the Orient. There are also the
olives of Volo. blacklist and largest, out less
unctuous. Calamata olives are oblons instead Oh
round and preserved in vinegar instead OF
brine
The difference in taste between the Greek black
and the California ripe olive is simply matter OF
taste At the present time New-Englanders prefer
the Pacific Coast product. while NeW-A ofhers lor
the most part buy the imported
olives grow in nearly all parts of California, and
these olive orchards form of the picturesque
features of this country for the Eastern visitor
The trees are planted about thirty-two feet apart
and even at this distance because of their great
size their branches meet. Few California olives
are picked green and picked according 10 Ffehch
custom. On the contrary. they are permitted 10
grow ripe when they hang like luscious black
berries amid the pale green leaves OF THESE trees.
With gust of wind the leaves will turn TO view
their silver undersides, when the contrast made
by the black fruit is still more striking
But woe to the overcuriOus Fastener VINO IS
temnted to leap over the fence in the absence OF
the orchardst and taste the tempting looking frut
No sooner have his teeth penetrated the pulp OF the
berry than his palate is tortured Win Ditter
purple Juice, which is like concoction OF gaii
wormwood and quinine. He then ceases to wonder
why the owner makes no effort to guard his trees
against invaders and bad boys
In pickling the black olive the orchardist soaks
the berry for weeks in water changing the 6ath
daily until all the purple bitter juice has been
washed out and nothing but the pulp. the oil and
the seed remain. He then pricks the thin skin.
TO permit the salt TO enter INTO the meat and
preserve it, and pickles his product IN prime whole
sale the olive brings from six TO eight cents
pound In the retail market IL sei7 ioi iorn ten 10
twelve cents pound.
!. taste for the ripe olive is less dfhcult to
ouire than for the green kind for the reason that
IL contains more oil and is more unctuous. Con-
seouently. the black olives are regarded as more
fattening than the green. in which the food quail
ties have not wholly matured Still less difficult is
l. for one accustomed to the green variety to
learn eat the black AS the maitre q notei OF an
untown hotel said recently:
f'The people here are, becoming educated to the
hiacE olive They look at it with curiosity at
6rst as II IL had uatured too much, but when
they learn that IL is simply the ripe trait. and
that thew have been eating il green. they
overcome their prejudices hnd the call for the
MACK olives constantly increasing. and New
Workers as we'll my New-England and Call
fornjan Guests for them