VARIETAL NAME: 'CREA - fruit selection, Frutto'

Taxonomical and basic information

Varietal name:
'CREA - fruit selection, Frutto'
Identification/ Accession n.:
6/2
Ingroup:
Morus alba s.l.
Species:
Morus alba
Origin:
Fruit selection acquired by Italian nurseries
Obtained:
CREA Padua

Morphological characteristics

Trunk:
Trunk circumference (cm):
Trunk colour:
Shoots:
Colour of one-year old shoot:
Reddish brown
Lenticel density:
Lenticel shape:
Elliptical
Buds:
Bud shape:
Medium triangular
Bud colour:
Reddish brown
Bud size:
large
Leaves:
Phyllotaxis:
Alternate spiral
Leaf shape:
Simple and Lobed
Average leaf size: length (cm):
180.8
Average leaf size: width (cm)
115.2
Leaf size ratio:
Medium (1.3-1.5)
Petiole size (cm):
5.4
Petiole range:
Medium (21-40mm)
Shape of leaf base:
Retuse
Shape of leaf apex:
Acute
Leaf blade tip:
Acuminate
Leaf blade margin:
Serrate
Hairiness:
Glabrous
Glossiness:
Glossy

Reproductive structures

Sexual dimorphisem:
Dioecious
Inflorescence type:
Female
Inflorescence size:
Female infl. length (mm):
11.00
Female infl. diameter (mm):
9.80
Female infl. stalk length (mm):
13.80
Male infl. length (mm):
Male infl. diameter (mm):
Male infl. stalk length (mm):
Polygamous infl. length (mm):
Polygamous infl. diameter (mm):
Polyg. infl. stalk length (mm):
Infructescence:
Fruit weight (g):
4.4
Infructescence length (mm):
34.35
Infructescence width (mm):
14.75
Length of peduncle:
Long
Infructescence colour:
Black
Taste:
Sweet
Infructescence shape:
Cylindrical

Phenological descriptors

Date of bud burst (week):
12
Flowering date (week):
17
Date of infructescence ripening (week):
Uniformity of infructescence ripening:
Abundant autumn colouring (week):

Growth and yield attributes

Vigour:
Lenght (cm):
164
Number of lateral shoots:
Lenght of internode (cm):
6.19
Leaf No./meter:
Weight of 100 fresh leaves (g):