Marsol
Variety of Sweet chestnut · Castanea sativa
Robust INRA hybrid widely grown as an ink-resistant rootstock and fruiting variety.
Also known as: CA 07
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8🇫🇷 France 1972
Taste & characteristics
Taste
nuttysweet
Profile
- Parentage
- Castanea crenata x Castanea sativa (Hybride)
- Breeder
- INRA (J. Breisch)
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 16 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Medium to large nut with attractive shell and good flavour.
Growth
Vigorous Euro-Japanese hybrid with strong ink-disease tolerance; a standard rootstock in French commercial orchards.
Yield
Early, regular and high yields.
Notes
Frequently used as pollenizer and rootstock for Bouche de Betizac.
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