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> Chestnut trees > plants produced from grafts onto resistant stocks
MARRON COMBALLE
Clone examined:
CA 456
Origin:
C. Sativa originating from Ardèche and Lozère
Undivided selection in Comballé popualtinoh
Recommended
cultivation area:
Ardèche, Lozère, from 400 – 600 metres. Appears to adapt to low altitudes in SW
Tree
Stocks:
Must be grafted onto ink-resistant stocks
Vigour:
Average
Bearing:
half-erect
Fruiting:
quite quick – 3 to 4 years
Budding:
very late in its regionn of origin, early in Dordogne
Productivity:
strong
Diseases:
sensitive to leaf rust, codling moth and balmin
Male flowers:
non-staminate (no pollen)
Pollinating agents
recommended:
all long-staminate C. Sativa plus CA 75
Flowering period:
Female flowers about 15 July
Fruit
Form:
elliptical, short to long
Colour:
shiny, striated brown
Size:
large
Dividing:
less than 12%
Maturity period:
late
Natural preservation:
average
Suitability for
mechanical peeling:
very good
Behaviour when
transformed:
good for canning and confectionery
General assessment
Marron Comballe is of interest in the South_East for high altitude areas; very much a country variety.
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