Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops. Vol. 1
Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops. Vol. 1
Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops. Vol. 1
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Chestnut, an Ancient Crop with Future 127<br />
Table 8. Recommended French cultivars for new orchards (Breisch, 1995).<br />
Cultivar Origin Poly- Weight Use<br />
embryonic (g)<br />
nuts (%)<br />
Bouche de Betizac Bouche-Rouge >08–25 15 → 18 Fresh<br />
(C. sativa) × CA04<br />
(C. crenata)<br />
Maridonne Sardonne (C. sativa) × >05 15–18 Experimentation<br />
CA04 (C. crenata)<br />
Marigoule C. crenata × C. sativa 0>5 15 → 18 Fresh<br />
Precoce migoule C. crenata × C. sativa 0>20–40 15–18 Fresh<br />
Bournette C. crenata × C. sativa >05 12–18 Fresh<br />
Iphara C. crenata >05 15 → 18 Fresh<br />
CA75 C. mollissima 0>5 10–12 Pollinizator<br />
Merle C. sativa >12 12–18 Fresh,<br />
intermediate<br />
rootstock<br />
Aguyane C. sativa >12 12–15 Fresh<br />
Dorée de Lyon C. sativa >20 12–18 Fresh<br />
Laguépie C. sativa >20 15–18 Fresh<br />
Précoce Ronde des Vans C. sativa >12 10–15 Fresh<br />
Sardonne C. sativa >12 15–18 Fresh<br />
Arizinca C. sativa >05 12–15 Fresh <strong>and</strong> industry<br />
Bouche rouge C. sativa >05 15–18 Fresh <strong>and</strong> industry<br />
Comballe C. sativa >20 15–18 Fresh <strong>and</strong> industry<br />
Insidina C. sativa 0>5 12–15 Fresh <strong>and</strong> industry<br />
Marron Comballe C. sativa >20 15–18 Fresh <strong>and</strong> industry<br />
Belle Epine C. sativa >05 12–18 Fresh <strong>and</strong><br />
transformation,<br />
pollinizator<br />
Marron de Goujounac C. sativa >05 15–18 Fresh, pollinizator<br />
Montagne C. sativa >05 15–18 Fresh, pollinizator<br />
Tricciuda C. sativa >05 15–18 Industry<br />
Verdale (Delsol) C. sativa >05 12–15 Industry,<br />
pollinizator<br />
Marron de Chevanceaux C. sativa >05 12–15 Natural ‘marron’<br />
Pellegrine C. sativa >05 10–15 Natural ‘marron’<br />
Imperiale C. sativa >20 15–18 Pollinizator<br />
cultivars are coincident in North Spain <strong>and</strong> Portugal as Longal, Amarelal <strong>and</strong><br />
Verdeal, no studies have been conducted to establish the genetic relationship between<br />
them.<br />
In California, the principal cultivar is Colossal (C. sativa × C. crenata) grown<br />
with Silverleaf (C. sativa), Nevada (C. sativa × C. crenata), Eurobella (C. sativa<br />
× C. crenata, or Colossal seddlings as pollinator) (Vossen, 2000). Colossal produces<br />
very large <strong>and</strong> sweet nuts (40 nuts/kg) but some are poly-embryonic. Sylverleaf<br />
produces also large <strong>and</strong> sweet nuts but the shell tends to be cracked. Nevada <strong>and</strong><br />
Eurobella produce smaller nuts than Colossal.<br />
Italian cultivars have been well described by Breviglieri (1955). Since then,<br />
clones have been selected from the most important cultivars. Some <strong>of</strong> them include