**" Geracese "**

*(synonymy: Dolce di Gerace, Mammolese, Oliva grossa, Oliva di Bianco, Paesana, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Calabria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (8,35 ± 0,60)**  Oil content (%): **medium (47,02 ± 0,28)** Purpose: **dual purpose**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

136 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,02 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **15,20 ± 1,33** Palmitoleic acid **2,48 ± 0,30** Stearic acid **2,83 ± 0,52** Oleic acid **65,34 ± 0,66**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**fluidity.**

**References:** 

97-9.

*Comment:* **fruity medium-high, with hints of almond and read sensations of grass and artichoke. Balanced taste sensation with a medium-high bitter and spicy. Medium-high** 

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

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **10,36 ± 0,39** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,86 ± 0,07** Arachic acid **0,28 ± 0,07** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,01** Behenic acid **0,05 ± 0,00**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **198 - 210 177 - 179 208 - 212 214 - 214 124 - 126 136 - 170** 

1 - Various authors. In: *Catalogo Nazionale delle Varietà di Olivo,* University of Bari (in press), ISBN 978-88-88793-

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 135 - 135 177 - 193 154 - 205 213 - 213** 

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 **0,04 ± 0,01** 

Unsat./satured **4,37 ± 0,52** ǚ6/ǚ3 **12,04 ± 0,57**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,62 ± 0,57)**  Blade width (cm): **medium (1,28 ± 0,01)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic—lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **short (2,21 ± 1,78)** Number of flowers: **low (12,58 ± 1,38)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (2,74 ± 0,33)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **rounded** Base: **rounded** Niplle: **obvious** Lenticels: **many and small**

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,43 ± 0,15)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid** Mucron: **obvious** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards apex** Apex: **rounded** Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose** Number of grooves: **medium** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Giarfara "**

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 139

Areal distribution or origin area: **Sicilia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (8,43 ± 1,42)**  Oil content (%): **high (53,48 ± 0,70)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,97 ± 0,48)**  Blade width (cm): **broad (1,67 ± 0,17)**  Shape (length/width): **elliptic** 

Number of flowers: **low (14,04 ± 0,89)** 

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

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,00 ± 0,24)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **high (5,37 ± 0,44)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,57 ± 0,05)** 

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **table**

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **weak** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**towards base**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Niplle: **tenuous** 

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious** 

**towards base**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Surface: **scabrous**

Lenticels: **few and small** 

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

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**

Number of grooves: **medium** 

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

*Inflorescence characters*

*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 hints of leaves and grass, pleasant sensations of artichoke and tomato. Balanced taste sensation with a medium-high bitter and spicy. 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 - Lombardo N., Perri E., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Il germoplasma olivicolo Calabrese*, Ist. Sper. Olivic.(2003), pp: 9.

3 - Muzzalupo I., Stefanizzi F., Perri E. *HortScience* (2009), 44: pp. 582-588.

<sup>2 -</sup> Perri E., Mazzotti F., Muzzalupo I., *et al.* In: *Relazione attività CO.R.ASS.OL.* (2003).
