Maraval
Variety of Sweet chestnut · Castanea sativa
Ink-disease-resistant INRA hybrid with large, well-storing nuts.
Also known as: CA 74
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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
- 18 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large, glossy-brown nut with good flavour; valued both for fruit and as a reliable rootstock.
Growth
Vigorous Euro-Japanese hybrid highly resistant to ink disease (Phytophthora); also widely used as rootstock.
Yield
Early-bearing, high yields.
Notes
One of the most important modern French orchard and rootstock cultivars.
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