**" Ascolana dura "**

*(synonymy: Ascolana semidura, Gentile, Oliva di San Francesco, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Marche** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (6,79 ± 0,24)**  Oil content (%): **medium (46,31 ± 0,13)** Purpose: **table**

## *Morphological characters*

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium**  Growth habit: **spreading**  Canopy-density: **medium-dense** 

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

24 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **13,08 ± 0,17** Palmitoleic acid **1,47 ± 0,00** Stearic acid **2,04 ± 0,11** Oleic acid **73,52 ± 0,52**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**sity. Medium fluidity.**

*Molecular Markers* 

**References:** 

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with hints of artichoke and almond. Balanced in flavours, with hints of bitter and spicy medium inten-**

*Table 2.* Microsatellites (SSR) *loci* analyzed.

For each *locus* the allele size (expressed in base pairs) is reported.

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **7,28 ± 0,01** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,50 ± 0,04** Arachic acid **0,31 ± 0,16** Eicosenoic acid **0,33 ± 0,05** Behenic acid **0,11 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **162 - 176 177 - 179 212 - 212 214 - 218 130 - 144 170 - 184** 

1 - Cimato A., Cantini C., Sani G. In: *Atti 4° Convegno Nazionale sulla Biodiversità,* Alghero (2000), pp. 497-500.

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 135 - 135 164 - 177 161 - 205 213 - 232** 

2 - Muzzalupo I., Lombardo N., Salimonti A., *et al. Adv. Hort. Sci*. (2008), 22(2): pp. 142-148.

*Table 1.* Average values (express in % ± standard deviations) of the fatty acids methyl esters and nutritional ratios obtained from single cultivar olive oils.

Lignoceric acid **0,06 ± 0,03** 

Unsat./satured **5,39 ± 0,03** ǚ6/ǚ3 **14,59 ± 1,24**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (6,19 ± 0,37)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,18 ± 0,10)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,87 ± 0,50)** Number of flowers: **low (14,72 ± 0,52)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (5,15 ± 0,60)** Shape (length/width): **spherical**  Simmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,67± 0,09)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **obvious**  Simmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Ascolana semitenera "**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 27

Areal distribution or origin area: **Marche** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (5,91 ± 0,21)**  Oil content (%): **medium (45,27 ± 1,48)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **table**

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **medium** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **tenuous**

*Inflorescence characters*

Growth habit: **spreading-erect**  Canopy-density: **medium** 

Blade length (cm): **medium (6,20 ± 0,34)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,20 ± 0,01)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **long (3,54 ± 2,20)** Number of flowers: **medium (18,81 ± 0,53)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (4,74 ± 0,33)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,68± 0,08)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Shape (length/width): **spherical**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Lenticels: **many and small** 

Shape (length/width): **ovoid** 

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** 

Number of grooves: **medium** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

**central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose** 

*Table 1.* Average values (express in % ± standard deviations) of the fatty acids methyl esters and nutritional ratios obtained from single cultivar olive oils.


#### *Organoleptic oil values*

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Comment:* **fruity medium-high, with good sensation of grass, artichoke and tomato. Balanced in flavours, with hints of bitter and spicy medium-high intensity. Medium-high fluidity.**

## *Molecular Markers*

*Table 2.* Microsatellites (SSR) *loci* analyzed.

For each *locus* the allele size (expressed in base pairs) is reported.


#### **References:**

1 - Pannelli G., Alfei B., Santinelli A. In: *Varietà di olivo nelle Marche*, ASSAM (2001), pp. 13-16.

2 - Muzzalupo I., Lombardo N., Salimonti A., *et al. Adv. Hort. Sci*. (2008), 22(2): pp. 142-148.
