‘ARUTELA’ – A NEW HAZELNUT CULTIVAR FOR THE INDUSTRY

The hazelnut cultivar named ‘Arutela’ was obtained in 1979 at the SCDP Vâlcea and released in 2005. The use of this cultivar’s fruit is for the industry.
Origin: cross between ‘Merveille de Bollwiller’ (S₅S₁₅) and ‘Tonda Gentile delle Langhe’ (S₂S₇). The tree is vigorous, with a semi-upright habit, with fairly dense branches and average suckering.
Blooming is early in the Vâlcea climate and takes place at the beginning of February.
Both types of flowers (catkins and female ones) bloom simultaneously (homogamy). ‘Arutela’ has a good tolerance to low temperatures (-20°C) during blossoming.
The tree is precocious, goes into the bearing process quite early (4^th leaf), and it produces constant yields (2.8-3.0 t/ha). The fruits are rarely attacked by Monilinia fructigena and Balaninus nucum. Fruits are small (2.0-2.5 g), round in shape and uniform.
The involucre does not cover the fruit and detaches easily.
The color of the fruit is brown with a series of fine stripes on the shell.
The kernel is spherical, with a small blunt tip; it has a rounded base and a discrete side indentation.
The kernel fills the shell well, has a thin pellicle which can be detached very easily during industrial processing and a good taste.
Kernel efficiency is 50-51%. Fruit ripening takes place early (end of August). The cultivar is suited for planting in all favorable areas for hazelnut growing in Romania.

VII International Congress on Hazelnut

I. Botu, E. Turcu, M. Botu, G. Achim, A. Vicol, A. Papachatzis

Corylus avellana, breeding, filbert

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.845.24