**" Sant'Agostino "**

*(synonymy: Grossa di Andria, Oliva di Andria, Oliva grossa, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Puglia** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **high (8,73 ± 0,21)**  Oil content (%): **medium (48,14 ± 2,33)** Purpose: **table**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

358 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,02 ± 0,01** Palmitic acid **14,58 ± 0,25** Palmitoleic acid **0,99 ± 0,42** Stearic acid **2,01 ± 0,19** Oleic acid **71,47 ± 0,45**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Molecular Markers* 

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

**References:** 

(2007), pp. 66-70.

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **8,54 ± 0,80** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,71 ± 0,06** Arachic acid **0,26 ± 0,02** Eicosenoic acid **0,03 ± 0,01** Behenic acid **0,09 ± 0,03**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **172 - 182 177 - 189 208 - 222 214 - 214 124 - 126 150 - 184** 

1 - Caruso T., Cartabellotta D., Motisi A., *et all*. In: *Cultivar di olivo siciliane*, Università degli Studi di Palermo

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **144 - 144 150 - 150 177 - 177 182 - 182 213 - 213** 

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

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

*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 **0,05 ± 0,04** 

Unsat./satured 4,85 **± 0,05** ǚ6/ǚ3 12,05 **± 0,79**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (6,32 ± 0,77)** Blade width (cm): **broad (1,56 ± 0,21)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic—lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,80 ± 0,62)** Number of flowers: **low (14,55 ± 1,38)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **very high (6,71 ± 1,50)** Shape (length/width): **spherical** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **absent** Lenticels: **many and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **very high (0,70 ± 0,09)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **towards base**  Apex: **pointed**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **scabrous**  Number of grooves: **medium** 

#### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Santomauro "** *(synonymy: Verace.)* 

Innocenzo Muzzalupo 361

Areal distribution or origin area: **Calabria** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **medium (7,10 ± 2,96)**  Oil content (%): **medium (42,22 ± 3,15)**

*Morphological characters* 

Blade length (cm): **medium (5,26 ± 0,39)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,05 ± 0,09)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate** 

Number of flowers: **low (17,23 ± 2,95)**

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

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,80 ± 0,28)**

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,39 ± 0,66)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **medium (0,44 ± 0,61)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **oil**

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**towards base** Apex: **rounded** Base: **truncate** Niplle: **absent**

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **absent** Symmetry: **symmetric**

**towards base** Apex: **rounded** Base: **rounded**  Surface: **rugose**

Symmetry: **symmetric**

Lenticels: **many and small**

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

Number of grooves: **low** 

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

*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.


Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

*Comment:* **fruity medium, with hints of almond, artichoke and tomato. Balanced taste sensation with a medium bitter and spicy. Medium 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: *Contributo alla caratterizzazione del germoplasma olivicolo pugliese*, Ist. Sper. Olivic. (2004), pp. 85-88.

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