Olive in California
Subtitle: History of an Immigrant Tree
Contributors: Kevin Starr (Foreword)
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: November 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781580081313
Subjects: Food & Drink / Cookery; History of specific subjects; Horticulture; Shrubs & trees; Olive industry and trade; History; Fruit Crops; Fruit Marketing; Trees & Forests - General; Nature; History - U.S; Olive; Nature/Ecology; California; Regional - General; United States - State & Local - General; Agriculture - General; Adventive plants
First sentence: The olive tree, Olea europaea L., is not native to the Americas.
Description: A symbol of peace, strength, and nourishment, the olive tree has been imbued with a sense of history, place, and charm since its earliest cultivation in the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean. From the first Spanish ships to touch California's shores to the rise of a thriving industry with hundreds of olive growers and oil makers, THE OLIVE IN CALIFORNIA traces the path of this sturdy, life-giving tree as it developed into a California agricultural phenomenon. With a foreword by Dr. Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California, Dr. Taylor's book is endorsed by the California Historical Society. -- publisher description.