Cultivar name
Grossa di Gerace
Synonyms (various languages)
Dolce di Gerace, Geracese, Geracitana, Grossa di Mammola, Mammolese, Olivo di Mammola
Biomenext selection
Non
Country of origin
Italy
Genetic erosion risk (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Vigour (weak, medium, strong)
medium
Branches attitude (drooping, erect, spreading)
spreading
Canopy density (sparse, medium, dense)
dense
Internode length (short: <1 cm, medium: 1-3 cm, long: >3 cm)
medium
Flowering time (early, intermediate, late)
Self-compatibility (part.self-comp, self-comp, self-incomp)
self-comp
Harvest time (early, medium, medium-late, late, very-late)
Fruit detachment force (low: <4N, medium: 4N-6N, high: >6N)
low
Productivity (low, medium, high)
medium
Production regularity (constant, poor-constant, alternant)
alternant
First fruiting start (early, intermediate, late, very-late)
late
Cuttings rooting ability (low: <30%, medium: 30%-60%, high: >60%)
low
Fruit drop (weak, medium, strong)
Olive fly resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
3
Olive moth resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Peacock eye resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
4
Scale insects resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Verticillium wilt resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Olive knot resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
4
Cercosporiosis resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Sooty mold resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Olive anthracnose resistance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Wind tolerance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
2
Cold tolerance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
3
Drought tolerance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
5
Salinity tolerance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Air humidity tolerance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Limestone tolerance (1 = very low; 5 = very high)
0
Leaf shape (elliptic: L/W < 4; elliptic - lanceolate: L/W = 4-6; lanceolate: L/W > 6)
elliptic-lanceolate
Blade curvature (flat, epinastic, hyponastic, helicoid)
hyponastic
Leaf surface (glossy, matt)
Leaf length (short: < 5 cm; medium: 5-7 cm; long: > 7 cm)
Leaf width (narrow: < 1 cm; medium: 1-1.5 cm; long: > 1.5 cm)
Inflorescence length (short: < 25 mm; medium: 25-35 mm; long: > 35 mm)
short
No. of inflorescence flowers (low: < 18; medium: 18-25; high: > 25)
low
Inflorescence structure (dense, sparse)
dense
Fruit colour at maturity (black; other - specify if possible)
purple-black
Epicarp (glossy, pruinose, rough)
Fruit shape (spherical: L/W < 1.25; ovoid: L/W = 1.25-1.45; elongated: L/W > 1.45)
elongated
Fruit symmetry (symmetric, slightly asymmetric, asymmetric)
slightly asymmetric
Fruit max diameter position (towards the base, central, towards the apex)
Fruit apex shape (pointed, rounded)
Fruit nipple (absent, tenuous, obvious)
Fruit base shape (truncate, rounded)
Fruit weight (low: < 2 g; medium: 2-4 g; high: 4-6 g; very high: > 6 g)
medium
Fruit lenticels (few, medium, many)
Fruit lenticels dimension (small, medium, large)
Fruit veraison onset (early, medium, late)
late
Fruit veraison progression (contemporary, scalar)
Oil content (low: < 16-18% f.w.; medium: 16-18% - 20/22% f.w.; high: > 20-22% f.w)
medium
Pulp/pit ratio (low: < 4; medium: 4-6; high: > 6)
low
Purpose (table, oil, both)
both
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