The trees now are large enough to been seen from a neighbouring farm. The view is from about a kilometer away.

This view is to the north with the Paragon variety being shown.

The better plants are now over 6 feet high but the propensity to branch has made pruning an on-going trade off between leaf surface area and the desire to ensure a strong single trunk.

This view is to the south with the Manzanillo variety being shown.

Unlike the Paragon where branching is almost overwhelming, the Manzanillo seems to be that one stalk headng straight up. In the northwestern corner, the variety still suffers the worst from the wind and the grasshoppers. Half a dozen trees grow only very slowly and with a great interest in producing suckers, that is sprouting from the very bottom of the main trunk.

The saddest story of early 2000 is the Kalamata trees. The picture is taken in March. By mid April, almost all the fruit had disappeared. The remains of a few broken olive pits under one or two trees seems to indicate that our local bird life have found a new food source during the end of the summer when the native vegetation is at its lowest ebb.

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