Olives

1880 a Naples correspondent of the Londen Daily News waltes: 'AcoanU ing tu the last rcports tl:! olives in llie ro aces of Puglia ami 'alaluia are of liimsually fioiiil qualitj. The tcinpcrature, could not have been better than it was during the last six weeks, a period essential forthe definitivo ripenmgof the fruit, whieh in consequence is no lirinly altaclied to tlic branches that lOBe 1'; lis. and it eau lic plucked at eisure. In Calabria ts])ccially not ui (live has lallen, a tliinjí tliat has not leen Qoticed Eor raany years, and if the weather continúes so mild and without rost there is a certaintj that the fruit i yiéld oil of' exceptional qualltyand iiantity. The markets at (ora and íalijioli are ealin. with little business iointr. and it' mi l'nrtlier reduction in i'i i-( ■ is ciiiied, it is only hecause the ictnal priceof oil salready low eoough 'or au abundant har vest, frora whieh 'oreign countries havo still to lay in !ieir large stores. Reports f rom Spain, he Innian Islands, Gréecs and Tunis tre also excellent: (he last named placo will yield a hari'st three times more han tl ie u erage quality.