olive oil collection

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The olive cultivation is considered to be quite easy. The olive tree does not demand special care and the most difficult process is the collection of the olives. The tree is very resiliant and it multiplies itself easily. The hardest thing for its cultivation is the cutting of the branches. In this way the offspring are renewed and the production augments.

In Creta the elderly people did not cut the branches annually. Year to year though they noticed that the trees that had broken branches due to snowfall had greater production that the others. From that time and afterwards they started to cut the branches every year.

The collection procedure

Fase 1 : The working team cuts the branches of the olive tree, because it helps the tree to further develop. The olives from the branches are collected at the same time. During the winter time, the biggest branches are used for heating and cooking at the fireplace and the stove accordingly.

Fase 2 : The working team collects the olives from the branches with a special tool.

Fase 3 : A special net is used to separate the olives from the leaves.

Fase 4 : The olives are placed in a crate after the collection and then into bags and are sent to the oil - factory