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Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops. Vol. 1

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Chestnut, an Ancient Crop with Future 119<br />

Figure 6. Variation in nut colours found in North-western Spain: CL1, Raigona 3 <strong>of</strong> Carballeda;<br />

CL2, Parede <strong>of</strong> Fonsagrada; CL3, Raigona 4 <strong>of</strong> Carballeda; CL4, Amarelante 11 <strong>of</strong> Manzaneda;<br />

CL5, Abarcá 12 <strong>of</strong> Parada; CL6, Negral 5 <strong>of</strong> Rubiá; CL7, Verdeá 11 <strong>of</strong> Folgoso (Pereira-Lorenzo et<br />

al., 1996c).<br />

total <strong>of</strong> 712 accessions corresponding to 159 cultivars studied in Spain showed<br />

that only 8% were astaminate, 12% brachystaminate, 35% mesostaminate <strong>and</strong> 45<br />

longistaminate. Some longistaminate cultivars produce the largest nuts as Pilonga<br />

<strong>and</strong> Temprana from Andalucía. In France, amongst the most important cultivars<br />

<strong>of</strong> C. sativa (Breisch, 1995), male sterile cultivars are predominant with 37% <strong>of</strong><br />

astaminate, 26% <strong>of</strong> brachystaminate, <strong>and</strong> 5% <strong>of</strong> mesostaminate, <strong>and</strong> 32% <strong>of</strong> longistaminate<br />

cultivars are recommended.

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