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KARO KARAPETYAN, 50, PLANTS FIRST OLIVE GARDEN IN ARMENIA
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=8081
12:07 . 26/06
The 7ha olive garden in Araksashen, Meghry region, the only one in
the republic, yields at least 10 tons of harvest annually. A resident
of Lehvaz village, Karo Karapetyan, 50, planted a garden of 3400
olive trees of two types- Askolana and Seveliano in the place of
a former dried vineyard. The olive trees were brought from Spain,
Armenpress reports.
It took the farmer four years to have an olive garden.
"At the beginning I planted 7590 trees, unfortunately all were
frostbitten. I tried again in 2003. This time, hail damaged the trees.
I got the first harvest only in 2010,'~R Karo Karapetyan told the
visitors.
According to him, each tree yields 20-30 kg harvest annually. One
of the two types is very oily. Studies have shown the pulp of that
type contains up to 70 percent olive oil, the stone containing 27-33
percent oil.
Although the harvest is ecologically pure, Karapetyan faces a problem
of selling the yield.
"Currently, I have to sell the yield to resellers at a price of 1200
AMD per one kg. In Armenia it is still difficult to sell olive at a
normal price," Karapetyan noted.
The olive harvest starts in mid September in Araksashen , while in
Spain and Greece olive is harvested in November.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=8081
12:07 . 26/06
The 7ha olive garden in Araksashen, Meghry region, the only one in
the republic, yields at least 10 tons of harvest annually. A resident
of Lehvaz village, Karo Karapetyan, 50, planted a garden of 3400
olive trees of two types- Askolana and Seveliano in the place of
a former dried vineyard. The olive trees were brought from Spain,
Armenpress reports.
It took the farmer four years to have an olive garden.
"At the beginning I planted 7590 trees, unfortunately all were
frostbitten. I tried again in 2003. This time, hail damaged the trees.
I got the first harvest only in 2010,'~R Karo Karapetyan told the
visitors.
According to him, each tree yields 20-30 kg harvest annually. One
of the two types is very oily. Studies have shown the pulp of that
type contains up to 70 percent olive oil, the stone containing 27-33
percent oil.
Although the harvest is ecologically pure, Karapetyan faces a problem
of selling the yield.
"Currently, I have to sell the yield to resellers at a price of 1200
AMD per one kg. In Armenia it is still difficult to sell olive at a
normal price," Karapetyan noted.
The olive harvest starts in mid September in Araksashen , while in
Spain and Greece olive is harvested in November.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress