Marigoule
Variety of Sweet chestnut · Castanea sativa
Robust INRA hybrid with large, sweet marrons and strong ink-disease resistance.
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8🇫🇷 France 1986
Taste & characteristics
Taste
nuttysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Castanea sativa × Castanea crenata
- Breeder
- INRA (Frankreich), Selektion aus dem Obstgut Migoule (Ussac)
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 16 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large to very large (15–18 g), glossy red-brown marrons with sweet flavour; easy to peel (marron type).
Growth
Very vigorous, semi-upright tree; also used as a rootstock.
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