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

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128 S. Pereira-Lorenzo <strong>and</strong> A. M. Ramos-Cabrer<br />

Table 9. Main quality characteristics <strong>of</strong> the most important Spanish chestnut cultivars <strong>of</strong> C. sativa<br />

(Pereira-Lorenzo <strong>and</strong> Fern<strong>and</strong>ez-Lopez, 1997c; Pereira-Lorenzo <strong>and</strong> Ramos-Cabrer 2002; <strong>and</strong> Pereira-<br />

Lorenzo et al., 2001b).<br />

Region Cultivar Nuts/kg Poly- Central Lateral Use<br />

embryonic nut nut<br />

nuts (%) weight weight (g)<br />

Andalucía Dieguina 087 08 10 14 Marron<br />

Andalucía Helechal 080 07 12 14 ‘Marron glace’<br />

Andalucía Pilonga 063 08 15 18 ‘Marron glace’<br />

Andalucía Planta Alajar 071 11 12 16 ‘Marron glace’<br />

Andalucía Temprana 061 12 15 19 ‘Marron glace’<br />

Andalucía Tomasa 044 14 22 25 Fresh<br />

Andalucía Vazqueña 073 04 11 16 ‘Marron glace’<br />

Galicia Amarelante 083 00 11 13 ‘Marron’<br />

Galicia Famosa 088 00 13 13 ‘Marron’<br />

Galicia Garrida 074 02 14 15 ‘Marron glace’<br />

Galicia Inxerta 082 00 12 13 ‘Marron’<br />

Galicia Loura 085 01 14 14 ‘Marron’<br />

Galicia Longal 119 00 09 10 Marmalades,<br />

purées<br />

Galicia Luguesa 084 01 11 14 ‘Marron’<br />

Galicia Negral 106 01 09 11 Marmalades,<br />

purées<br />

Galicia Parede 133 00 08 09 Marmalades,<br />

purées<br />

Galicia Presa 095 01 10 13 Fresh<br />

Galicia Raigona 128 13 08 09 Marmalades,<br />

purées<br />

Galicia Rapada 098 03 10 11 Fresh<br />

Galicia Ventura 085 00 12 13 ‘Marron’<br />

Canary Isl<strong>and</strong>s Arafero 072 05 15 15 ‘Marron glace’<br />

Canary Isl<strong>and</strong>s Castagr<strong>and</strong>e 099 06 13 14 Fresh<br />

Canary Isl<strong>and</strong>s Picudo 089 05 13 13 ‘Marron’<br />

Canary Isl<strong>and</strong>s Polegre 080 03 14 13 ‘Marron glace’<br />

Table 10. Most important Portuguese cultivars <strong>of</strong> C. sativa recommended for new orchards, Pinto de<br />

Abreu et al. (1990) <strong>and</strong> Valdiviesso (1999).<br />

Cultivar Nuts/kg Poly-embryonic nuts (%) Use<br />

Martainha1 63 02 Industry<br />

Martainha2 88 80 Fresh<br />

Longal5 63 01 Industry<br />

Longal6 58 04 Industry<br />

Amarelal 73 20 Fresh<br />

Verdeal1 68 06 Industry<br />

Judia 55 14 Fresh

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