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Marigoule
Castanea sativa × C. crenata (natural hybrid)
The record
- Parentage
- Castanea sativa × C. crenata (natural hybrid)
- Origin
- INRA · Migoule orchard, Ussac, Corrèze, France · 1986
- Rights
- rights unknown — No patent, certificate, or trademark found in the sources consulted.
- Also known as
- M.15, CA 15
- Nut
- Large, bright red-brown, keeps well and peels well; sweet once cured a few days
- Ink disease
- The hybrid that best resists Phytophthora
- Yield
- Moderately productive under a dry climate with good pollinators
Description
A natural hybrid rather than a controlled cross, and the name is a contraction of marron of Migoule. It was released first for reforestation, then used as a rootstock, and is now grown for fruit — three different jobs from one selection.
It is the hybrid usually named as the best bet against Phytophthora, which is the reason it turns up under other cultivars as often as it turns up on its own roots.