Back From The Road - 7/11/05

I have been on the road off and on for the past ten days. Sorry for lack of information. Here is a quick summary of what has been happening in the past few weeks:

CROP SUMMARY:

The olives are about three to four weeks behind where they were last year. We have begun trapping for the olive fruit fly at most of the ranches. In general, it looks like we will have a good crop. The Ascolana crop looks much better than the Mission Crop, which had a bad bloom due largely to the fact that the Mission crop stayed on the tree until February.

WEATHER SUMMARY:

We are finally into Summer weather now. We had a prolonged Spring and late percepitation and this has kept the crop behind in terms of its development. Theoretically, this late rain and mild temperatures will make for the worst olive fruit fly crop yet. I will keep you posted on the details.

Brian J. Kenny - The Classicist - Sales and Marketing Manager