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The Chemical Story of Olive Oil: From Grove to Table
By
Richard Blatchly;
Richard Blatchly
Keene State College, USA
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Patricia O'Hara
Patricia O'Hara
Amherst College, USA
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Paperback ISBN:
978-1-78262-856-9
PDF ISBN:
978-1-83916-846-8
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-78801-230-0
Special Collection:
RSC Popular Science eBook Collection
Product Type:
Popular Science
No. of Pages:
348
Publication date:
21 Feb 2017
Book Chapter
CHAPTER 4: Season’s End: Harvesting the Fruit
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Published:21 Feb 2017
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Special Collection: RSC Popular Science eBook CollectionProduct Type: Popular Science
Page range:
80 - 108
Citation
The Chemical Story of Olive Oil: From Grove to Table, The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017, pp. 80-108.
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Harvest is a very active time in the grove, with many techniques applied, depending on the location. Deciding when to harvest and how to get the fruit off the tree are complex decisions with many solutions, some of which can lead to a prize winning oil and others which can be disastrous for the oil. The chemical story here continues with the biochemical synthesis of the oil.
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