The olive is a fruit a tree grown in the Mediterranean lands southern Europe north Africa and south west Asia. It thrive best in Mediterranean climate hot dry summer cool and moist winters. Olive trees take 15 to 20 years to mature and then yield continuously for 100 years. The fruits are HARested in summer and processed immediately to maintain quality. Oil is extracted from olive fruits it is mainly used for cooking oil and salad. It is the finest and most highly priced of the edible oils.
The principal olive oil producing countries are the Mediterranean countries such as Italy Spain Greece Portugal France Turkey Tunisia Syria and Morocco. A small quantity it is also produced in California USA. Though it is used in small quantities in all parts of the world but the producing areas are the main consuming areas....
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