Bournette
Variety of Sweet chestnut · Castanea sativa
Early, ink-tolerant INRA hybrid with easy-to-peel nuts.
Also known as: CA 118
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmnuttysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Castanea crenata x Castanea sativa (Hybride)
- Breeder
- INRA (J. Breisch)
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 15 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium, glossy nut with good flavour and good peelability.
Growth
Euro-Japanese hybrid with good ink-disease resistance; more compact than Marsol/Maraval.
Yield
Early and productive.
Notes
Often planted as a pollenizer in hybrid orchards.
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