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The 2,000 year old olive tree of Vouves, Greece, that still produces olives and whose branches are used in Olympic laurels
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bitofarambler crazypeople.online bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
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I wonder if its olives sell for a premium or taste significantly different.

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ComradeSharkfucker lemmy.ml sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-07
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Got a higher quality image or link to one?

Edit: I forget that I can just look things up [1] [2] [3]

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bitofarambler Moderator bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
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Got a higher quality image or link to one? Edit: I forget that I can just look things up [1] [2] [3]

Nice pics!

I've replaced the main pic myself with a higher quality image.

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Assassassin lemmy.dbzer0.com Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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You'd think after two millennia of producing olives it'd get bored of them and start making oranges or something to keep it interesting

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bitofarambler Moderator bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
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You'd think after two millennia of producing olives it'd get bored of them and start making oranges or something to keep it interesting

Good point, it might be worth it for the olive tree of Vouves to....branch out a bit!

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Assassassin lemmy.dbzer0.com Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Good point, it might be worth it for the olive tree of Vouves to....branch out a bit!

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atomicbocks sh.itjust.works atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
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Good point, it might be worth it for the olive tree of Vouves to....branch out a bit!

It still hasn’t made olive the ones it wants to yet.

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bitofarambler Moderator bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
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It still hasn’t made olive the ones it wants to yet.

gold

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foofiepie lemmy.world foofiepie@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-01
#9 · Quote Reply

gold

Oil bet it has years more to go.

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bitofarambler Moderator bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
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Oil bet it has years more to go.

Might be a lot of gold going around today

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Nangijala feddit.dk Nangijala@feddit.dk
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What I love about ancient olive trees is that they always look like there are souls trapped in the trunks, but also the roots start to lift, as if they are stuck in motion, about to walk across the ground.

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bitofarambler Moderator bitofarambler@crazypeople.online
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What I love about ancient olive trees is that they always look like there are souls trapped in the trunks, but also the roots start to lift, as if they are stuck in motion, about to walk across the ground.

Definitely looks like a fantasy character ready to go into battle.

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Marthirial lemmy.world Marthirial@lemmy.world
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You'd think after two millennia of producing olives it'd get bored of them and start making oranges or something to keep it interesting

At that age it thinks it's making oranges.

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