PICKLING RIPE AND GREEN OLIVES. (University of California College of Agriculture Agricultural Experiment Stations Bulletin No. 137).
Sacramento: State Ofice, A. J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing. 1901. First edition. Original pictorial printed wrappers, 21 pp, Toning to paper, else fine. Item #23599
Records of experiments in pickling ripe and green olives by noted botaanis Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1865-1939). Bioletti arrived in California from his native Liverpool in 1878. He settledin Sonoma County. Before earning his Bachelors (1894) and Masters (1898) degrees from the University of California he worked in the wine cellar at Leland Stanford's Vina Ranch. He was UC's first Professor of Viticulture and the first chair of the Department of Viticulture and Enology. His researches in grape and olive production brought much benefit to both industries. Scarce.
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