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To the right Gennaro Pileggi founder of Pileggi olive oil in Calabria Italy, works with son John Pileggi prunning in the traditional "Vaso Aperto" form. | |||||||
Father lecturing son on best practices for pruning. |
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Traditional "Vaso Aperto” form which allows the tree to breath and take in plenty of light. It is also known as the “up-sidedown unbrella” look. |
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Stage 2 trees at Villa Pileggi. South Gisborne view top left, Calder Fwy top right. |
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Stage 2 trees at Villa Pileggi. Valley views, pine plantation and Jacksons Creek. |
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Stage 2 trees at Villa Pileggi. Early stages of prunning for shape and stability. |
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Stage 2 trees at Villa Pileggi. Proper pruning at an early stage shown here, allows the tree to support itself. This allows the root system to grow and take hold. | |||||||
Stage 1 trees at Villa Pileggi. John parks his tractor next to a tree, showing a healthy crop, standing over three metres high |
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To the left Gennaro & Brigida Pileggi, to the right John, Carmela and Brigida junior Pileggi, proud of their 250 ml bottle, at Villa Pileggi Gisborne. | |||||||
Stage 2 trees at Villa Pileggi. Gennaro & Brigida Pileggi planting olive trees. |
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Stage 1 trees at Villa Pileggi. |
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Olive trees ready to be planted.
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Stage 2 trees at Villa Pileggi. Trees are planted, staked, mulched and fully irrigated. |
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Stage 1 trees at Villa Pileggi. Olive trees are planted, staked and mulched. |
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Stage 1 trees at Villa Pileggi. Olive trees are planted, staked and mulched. |
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Stage 1 at Villa Pileggi. Gennaro and son John Pileggi mark out and position the olive trees to be planted. All holes are dug out by hand! |
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Stage 2 at Villa Pileggi. Brigida and Carmela Pileggi planting olive trees. |
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