VARIETAL NAME: 'Ascolana'
Taxonomical and basic information
Varietal name:
'Ascolana'
Identification/ Accession n.:
IT23_00497
Ingroup:
Morus alba s.l.
Species:
M. alba
Origin:
Italy
Obtained:
former Sericulture Station of Ascoli Piceno (IT)
Morphological characteristics
Trunk:
Trunk circumference (cm):
Trunk colour:
Light brownish-grey
Shoots:
Colour of one-year old shoot:
Greenish brown
Lenticel density:
Medium
Lenticel shape:
Elliptical
Buds:
Bud shape:
Medium triangular
Bud colour:
Medium brown
Bud size:
medium
Leaves:
Phyllotaxis:
Leaf shape:
Simple and lobed
Average leaf size: length (cm):
15.8
Average leaf size: width (cm)
13
Leaf size ratio:
Low (<1.2 broad leaves)
Petiole size (cm):
2.3
Petiole range:
Medium (21-40mm)
Shape of leaf base:
Cordate
Shape of leaf apex:
Acute
Leaf blade tip:
Acuminate
Leaf blade margin:
Crenate
Hairiness:
Glabrous
Glossiness:
Glossy
Reproductive structures
Sexual dimorphisem:
Dioecious
Inflorescence type:
Female
Inflorescence size:
Female infl. length (mm):
5.2
Female infl. diameter (mm):
3.9
Female infl. stalk length (mm):
5.0
Male infl. length (mm):
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Male infl. diameter (mm):
/
Male infl. stalk length (mm):
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Polygamous infl. length (mm):
/
Polygamous infl. diameter (mm):
/
Polyg. infl. stalk length (mm):
/
Infructescence:
Fruit weight (g):
/
Infructescence length (mm):
17
Infructescence width (mm):
13
Length of peduncle:
Short
Infructescence colour:
Yellowish white
Taste:
Infructescence shape:
Ovoid/globose
Phenological descriptors
Date of bud burst (week):
Flowering date (week):
Date of infructescence ripening (week):
Uniformity of infructescence ripening:
Abundant autumn colouring (week):
Growth and yield attributes
Vigour:
Lenght (cm):
81.4
Number of lateral shoots:
0.1
Lenght of internode (cm):
4.6
Leaf No./meter:
17.75
Weight of 100 fresh leaves (g):