Argentina A 400 olive años.06 / 2010
olives come from Mexico to California, while Lima (Peru) is brought directly by Don Antonio de Rivera from Seville, where the hundred cuttings brought to play only 3 arrived in rooting conditions , these being jealously guarded by black slaves and dogs, but despite all this care is one of the stakes stolen without anyone noticing, appearing in Chile where it spreads rapidly. The odd thing is that after three years returned to the original site nearst no one knew who was the perpetrator of the theft.
Olive Introduction to Argentina is not well elucidated, One theory speaks of the arrival by a military expedition from Chile under the command of Captain Diego de Alvarado, being disseminated throughout the territory north of the perfectly adapted in various places and especially in Arauco (La Rioja.) Another version says it was introduced to La Rioja directly from Spain by Captain Don Pedro de Alvarado in 1558.
The fact is that Oliver began to multiply and then began to produce. Production that began to trouble the English for their size and quality.
Some historians say that King Carlos III sent to cut down all the olive groves of La Rioja, by competition that they carried to Seville, while at the same time doubt the veracity of such order, the fact is that King Carlos III urged the Viceroy Vertiz to consent not to plant vineyards and olive groves or cloths that are developed in Cologne . The authorities take extreme measures to which this rule was violated. But in La Rioja, more precisely, in Arauco Expetación Lady of the Fountain of Avila, saved a seedling covering it with a punt.
seedlings that over the years transformed into the "Father of the Olive" because from it are multiplied many specimens that inhabit the Valley of Arauco.
This Olivo, who was saved from logging lasts and is referred to by the name the "OLIVO cuatricentenario" and is located in the District Arauco region, which takes its name from the only variety in Argentina, which appears in the Catalogue of Olive Varieties World (1995), published by the IOC (International Olive Oil Council).
Cuatricentenario El Olivo is declared 1946 as "Historic Tree" and later in 1980 "National Monument"
The combination of soil-water-climate, allowed this strain express their genetic potential, and so, that despite the four centuries of existence the aimogasteños able to observe the production bore (approximately 400 kg) in a well-deserved opportunity rendírsele recognition on the occasion of the Seminar olive, ARAUCO'96, when the most prominent specialists in the world olive, such as Dr. Juan Caballero (Spain), Prof. Fontanazza (Italy), Dr. Simon Wash (Israel), Engineer Agr. Steve Sebbett (USA), Mr. Aurelio Segovia (Spain) unveiled a plaque at the foot of the majestic Cuatricentenario Olivo.
OLIVE PASTA 250 gr jars gourmet 
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