I recently read that cultivated olives were originally dispersed throughout the Middle East by the soldiers who accompanied Alexander the Great on his eastward adventures. I'm not interested in whether this story is true or not. But this got me wondering: does anyone know if the stones/pits of cured olives contain viable embryos? I've saved the pits from some cured olives and planted them in one of the cold frames. Am I wasting my time? Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone 7 My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/