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Texas olive trees hammered by February freeze. State s olive industry won t have another big harvest for 3-5 years
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The 50 acres of olive trees on Dunham Jewett’s farm in
Moulton, about 100 miles east of San Antonio, look like a war zone. What had been 10- to 12-foot-high trees with wide canopies are now nothing more than 2- to 3-foot high stumps, cut down following February’s devastating winter storms.
When temperatures dropped to 10 degrees and stayed below freezing for about 100 hours, Jewett said that every one of his trees died from the ground up. His only option: cut them down, burn the wood in huge pyres and hope for the best.
Monday May 3
rd at the San Saba Civic Center. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. with the program beginning at 9 o’clock. There will be a $40.00 registration for those who pre-register and $60.00 at the door. An enchilada lunch will be provided by Pepperbelly’s Restaurant.
Speakers for this year’s program: Neal Alexander, San Saba County Extension Agent, Laws and Regulations; Monte Nesbitt, Extension Horticulture Specialist, College Station will discuss Pecan Integrated Pest Management; Monte will also present Pecan Pathology and will discuss Pecan Show-Show Stoppers; Colton Ploch, Graduate Assistant Extension Horticulture, Pecan Fertilization; and Stephen Janak, Extension Horticulture Specialist, Orchard Floor Management.