**" Grossa di Cassano "**

*(synonymy: Cassanese, Precoce di Cassano.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Calabria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (7,62 ± 0,98)**  Oil content (%): **low (36,56 ± 3,14)** Purpose: **dual purpose**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

150 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,02 ± 0,00**  Palmitic acid **11,54 ± 0,44** Palmitoleic acid **0,95 ± 0,09** Stearic acid **2,19 ± 0,05** Oleic acid **76,21 ± 1,49**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

**fluidity.**

**References:** 

*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) **7,18 ± 1,07** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,90 ± 0,02** Arachic acid **0,28 ± 0,01** Eicosenoic acid **0,02 ± 0,00** Behenic acid **0,06 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **194 - 198 177 - 185 212 - 212 212 - 221 124 - 130 157 - 157** 

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **140 - 140 150 - 150 166 - 166 182 - 210 213 - 220** 

1 - Consiglio Oleicolo Internazionale*.* In: *Catalogo Mondiale delle Varietà di Olivo,* COI (2003). 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 **0,03 ± 0,00** 

Unsat./satured **6,14 ± 0,15** ǚ6/ǚ3 **7,97 ± 1,03**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (6,37 ± 0,51)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,79 ± 0,20)** Shape (blade length/width): **elliptic**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (3,27 ± 1,27)** Number of flowers: **medium (22,07 ± 4,54)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,86 ± 0,26)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetrical** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **rounded** Base: **rounded** Nipple: **obvious** Lenticels: **many and small**

#### *Pit characters*

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,52 ± 0,01)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic** Mucron: **obvious** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetrical** Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central** Apex: **rounded** Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose** Number of grooves: **medium**

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Grossa di Spanga "** *(synonymy: Bella della Daunia, Bella di Cerignola, Manna, Oliva a prugna, etc.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 153

Areal distribution or origin area: **Puglia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (8,40 ± 0,21)**  Oil content (%): **medium (45,63 ± 1,75)**

*Morphological characters* 

Purpose: **table**

*Tree characters*  Vigour: **weak** 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

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

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **absent**  Symmetry: **asymmetric** 

**towards apex**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **pointed**  Surface: **rugose** 

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

*Inflorescence characters*

Blade length (cm): **long (7,07 ± 0,56)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,45 ± 0,20)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Number of flowers: **low (13.91 ± 1,79)**

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

Lenticels: **many and large** 

Number of grooves: **high** 

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,93 ± 0,53)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **very high (9,07 ± 1,83)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **very high (0,98 ± 0,15)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

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

*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 almond, and read sensations of artichoke and grass. Balanced taste sensation with a medium 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: 7-8.

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).
