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Olive Trees (Olea europaea) We know Charles Stein planted the olive trees in the boulevard along the north end of the Farm property; he had to get special permission from National City's City Council to remove the eucalyptus that were there earlier, in 1902. Two other olive trees on the property may also have been planted by him. One is near the walkway to the south of the house. The other is an unusual variety with very tiny fruit, located in the picnic area. Olives were a particularly important crop in the early days of National City. The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region, from Syria and the maritime parts of Asia Minor and northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea. Its fruit, the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the Mediterranean region as the source of olive oil.
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