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WHAT CONNECTS-----

This

TO THIS?

OR----This

With This?

GOT IT YET ?

QUERCUS SUBER

CORK OAK

JUST AFTER HARVEST

DEHESA Forest & herbaceous pasture

• Trees, mainly Quercus ilex, suber, pyrenaica, faginea Other trees incude beech, pine, chestnut

• Non timber forest products include wild gamemushrooms, honey, cork

• Wild boar, sheep, deer, goats and cattle graze the forests.

• Oaks are protected & pruned to produce ACORNS to fatten Iberian pigs

JAMON IBERICO DE BELLOTA, GROWN IN THE DEHESA of S.W.SPAIN

JAMON IBERICO DE BELLOTA

• ACCOUNTS FOR 8% OF PRODUCTION• PIGS RELEASED IN AUTUMN, THEY EAT

ABOUT 2 kg OF ACORNS A DAY• THEY GAIN ABOUT 1 kg A DAY AND AFTER

ABOUT 4 MONTHS (montanera) HAVE DOUBLED THEIR BODYWEIGHT.

• THEY`RE CURED FOR A MINIMUM OF 36 MONTHS

QUERCUS SUBER

•THIS IS THE ONLY TREEIN THE WORLD FROMWHICH THE BARK CAN BE STRIPPED WITHOUTKILLING THE TREE.