Rox, an Olive oil question

[curly]

Rox,

Me, my wife and 10 year old daughter built a log cabin on 40 acres in South Carolina 3 years ago. We want to plant some trees that will produce fruit. I'm 53 so my daughter and her kids may get to enjoy them more than me but we want to get started this year. This won't be an orchard for making money, just for our and our friends consumption, although we will surely sell some basket fulls at the local farmers market.

We want to buy a few pecan trees, almond trees, walnut trees, apple trees, peach trees, plum and cherry trees. All about 8-9 ft tall to begin with.

But I noticed that this online nursery Welcome to TyTy Online Plant & Pecan Tree Nursery: The Nursery at TyTy sells Olive trees. I love olive oil to dip bread in. I've probably never had a good brand like you make, we use Bertolli right off the shelf at any grocery store. I'm like Bird, I like this stuff so much I can't imagine what I would do if I ever tried the good stuff, I'm sure I'd end up spending a lot more money on the stuff.

Here are my choices:
Arbequina
Barouni
Kalamata
Lucca
Manzanillo
Mission
Sevillano

It looks like I can get a 7 yr old tree (6-7 ft tall) for about $350.


Since they will grow in our zone I thought I'd pose this question to you. If we had a tree, could we squeeze our own Olive oil? I have a Green Star juicer that uses no heat to sqeeze juice. It uses 2 gears and the juice comes out one place while all of the pulp comes out another. Would that make extra virgin olive oil? Or is it just so much more complicated that all of that

 

[TBDonnelly]

If we had a tree, could we squeeze our own Olive oil?

Sure. This is how I would do it. Now when Rox chimes in, there may be another way.

Don

 

[curly]

Sure. This is how I would do it. Now when Rox chimes in, there may be another way.

Don

Wow Don, she makes it look like real fun, how much does she charge an hour?

 

[TBDonnelly]

Wow Don, she makes it look like real fun, how much does she charge an hour?

Well.......it just depends. She makes the virgin olive oil. If you want extra virgin olive oil her twin sister joins in. Then the price doubles. Now, If you only want olive oil, I can get you a better price and have my mother-in-law help out.

Ahhh, Rox you better jump in here (opps, excuse the pun ) before I get myself in trouble.

Don

 

[curly]

Well.......it just depends. She makes the virgin olive oil. If you want extra virgin olive oil her twin sister joins in. Then the price doubles. Now, If you only want olive oil, I can get you a better price and have my mother-in-law help out.

Ahhh, Rox you better jump in here (opps, excuse the pun ) before I get myself in trouble.

Don

Hey Don, that's some funny stuff, I'm still laughing (twin sisters...now what are the odds)...but methinks you are already in some hot water


Yeah, Rox will have something to add I'm sure

 

[ronjhall]

I saw on another post that Rox was on a trip to the good old USA. Hope she has access to the Internet while here.
You may want to send her a PM about this thread.

 

[curly]

I saw on another post that Rox was on a trip to the good old USA. Hope she has access to the Internet while here.
You may want to send her a PM about this thread.

Thanks

 

[FrogLick]

Curly I know more about the tasting part rather than the specific varieties, but I think that of the choices you mentioned Lucca might be the best for oil. Don't know what the yield might be from a single tree, but it would certainly be interesting to try a home juicer and see what you get. Olive pits are pretty tough so it might damage the juicer though. By the way, if you want to explore tasting a little more but don't want to spend as much as oils of Rox's quality, step up from Bertoli to Lucini as a starter. I can't wait for Rox to get in on this one and hope she appreciates Don's sense of humor.

 

[curly]

Curly I know more about the tasting part rather than the specific varieties, but I think that of the choices you mentioned Lucca might be the best for oil. Don't know what the yield might be from a single tree, but it would certainly be interesting to try a home juicer and see what you get. Olive pits are pretty tough so it might damage the juicer though. By the way, if you want to explore tasting a little more but don't want to spend as much as oils of Rox's quality, step up from Bertoli to Lucini as a starter. I can't wait for Rox to get in on this one and hope she appreciates Don's sense of humor.

Thanks Frog, I'll see if I can find the Lucini brand around here.

 

[curly]

Well, I just got back from Food Lion and they only had a couple of brands. One was Bertoli and the other was Calabria. So I got the Calabria this time. I'm in Union SC so we are limited

But, they had whole ribeyes on sale for $4.99 a lb so I got a 20 lb ribeye and brought it home and made 10 steaks out of it

That with a salad (gotta watch the weight). Then grind some fresh parmasian cheese and fresh ground pepper in the olive oil and slather bread in there. Doggit man, I'm getting hungry now