**" Grignan "**

*(synonymy: Brescian, Gargnano, Gregnara, etc.)* 

Areal distribution or origin area: **Veneto** Flesh/pit weight ratio: **low (4,90 ± 1,25)**  Oil content (%): **medium (40,00 ± 0,62)** Purpose: **oil**

## *Morphological characters*

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

#### *Leaf characters*

*Biochemical Characters*

148 Olive Germplasm – Italian Catalogue of Olive Varieties

Myristic acid **0,01 ± 0,01**  Palmitic acid **10,48 ± 0,31** Palmitoleic acid **0,47 ± 0,15** Stearic acid **2,14 ± 0,03** Oleic acid **78,71 ± 0,85**

*Fatty Acid Composition* 

*Organoleptic oil values* 

Sensory Analysis (*Panel test*)

**sity, medium fluidity.**

*Molecular Markers* 

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

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

**References:** 

97-9.

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

Linoleic acid (ǚ6) **6,40 ± 0,72** Linolenic acid (ǚ3) **0,97 ± 0,02** Arachic acid **0,37 ± 0,17** Eicosenoic acid **0,15 ± 0,19** Behenic acid **0,07 ± 0,01**

*DCA09 DCA18 GAPU59 GAPU71A GUPA71B GAPU103A*  **182 - 206 181 - 181 208 - 218 210 - 218 124 - 144 170 - 184** 

*UDO01 UDO03 UDO12 UDO28 UDO39*  **150 - 150 150 - 150 156 - 182 182 - 182 220 - 220** 

1 - Cimato A., Cantini C., Sani G., In: *L'olivo in Toscana: il germoplasma autoctono*, Ed. ARSIA (2001).

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

*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 ± 0,03** 

Unsat./satured **6,77 ± 0,15** ǚ6/ǚ3 **6,59 ± 0,84**

> Blade length (cm): **medium (5,66 ± 0,59)** Blade width (cm): **medium (1,41 ± 0,19)** Shape (length/width): **elliptic-lanceolate**

#### *Inflorescence characters*

Inflorescence length (cm): **medium (2,77 ± 0,21)** Number of flowers: **low (14,58 ± 0,67)**

#### *Fruit characters*

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,31 ± 0,06)** Shape (length/width): **spherical**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **truncate**  Niplle: **tenuous** Lenticels: **few and small** 

*Pit characters*  Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,60 ± 0,15)** Shape (length/width): **ovoid**  Mucron: **obvious**  Symmetry: **slightly asymmetric**  Position of maximum transverse diameter: **central**  Apex: **rounded**  Base: **rounded**  Surface: **scabrous**  Number of grooves: **high** 

### *Fatty Acid Composition*

**" Grossa di Cassano "** *(synonymy: Cassanese, Precoce di Cassano.)*  Innocenzo Muzzalupo 151

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

*Morphological characters* 

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

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

Fresh weight of 100 fruits (g): **medium (3,86 ± 0,26)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Weight of 100 pits (g): **high (0,52 ± 0,01)**

Position of maximum transverse diameter:

Purpose: **dual purpose**

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

*Inflorescence characters*

Shape (length/width): **ovoid** Symmetry: **slightly asymmetrical**

Lenticels: **many and small**

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

Number of grooves: **medium**

Symmetry: **slightly asymmetrical**

*Pit characters* 

Mucron: **obvious**

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

*Tree characters* 

*Leaf characters*

*Fruit characters*

**central** Apex: **rounded** Base: **rounded** Nipple: **obvious**

*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 grass and artichoke. 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 - 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.
