Thassos is full from olive groves and the production of oil is one from the basic occupations of her residents.
Pacts with the history of island, first olive trees were always planted by their Foinikes, ago 2500 years roughly in the plain of Rachonioy, and the plain of Prinoy, there where is today produced, the more quantity of edible olive Throympas.
The olive is considered blessed tree, because nothing of this does not go lost. The fruit is intended to consumption, after it suffers a relative treatment or is used for the production of precious oil. The oil-stone as fuel matter, the leaves become food for the animals the timber can be also used as fuel matter, but also in [xyloglyptiki]. Nothing is not stepped. Is not therefore curious her prominent place in the history and the mythology of populations of Mediterranean. The oil of Thassos is exceptional virgin olive oil and it is acquaintance for his quality, the rich perfume, a lot of vitamins that contain also his thin flavour. Equally been famous are also the olives of island and particularly very known Throympes Thassos.

It is table olive, which the fruit of is [kylindrokonikos], light [kekammenos] and leads to small nipple. His weight oscillates from 1,5 until 5 grams, the flesh occupies the 79-84% volume of fruit, the core the 13-16% and rind 3-5%. In the kilo they correspond from 290-320 items.
The fruit is even collected by the tree in the stage of his complete maturation, [yperorimos]. Afterwards it is washed, it is categorized at size and, when the product is placed in reservoirs for maturation, is added fat salt in content at volume 30-40%. Afterwards byway of 30-40 days have been achieved the maturation and the product are ready in order to it is channelled in the consumption, after it is exposed in air for oxidation and improvement of colour of olive-crop.