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Olive Oil

The principal oil used as food, obtained from the vegetable kingdom, is that of the olive. Lucca oil is the most esteemed. Florence oil is the virgin oil expressed from the ripe fruit soon after being gathered; it is imported in flasks surrounded by a kind of network, formed by the leaves of a monocotyledonous plant, and packed in half chests; it is that most commonly used at table under the name of salad oil.