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Agriculture | n. phr.
The time when the olives from a cultivated land have reached, among other features, the degree of ripening that makes them suitable for harvest.

Example

The olives were randomly picked at the industrial optimal ripening stage, according to their skin colour. Effect of different temperatures and storage atmospheres on Coratina olive oil quality.

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Additional information

the factors that determine the optimal ripening stage are the tensile strength of the olive´s stalk, the oil content of the fruit, the quality evolution of the fruit´s oil content, the rate of fruit fall and its influence on the next year´s harvest.