Disease Resistant
Disease Resistant
Do Castanea sativa Maraval sweet chesnut trees look any different from a Castanea sativa sweet chesnut tree?
Does the Maraval grow larger as well as having larger nuts, is it just as hardy and disease resistant?
this what it says on the web
Shape: Mounded
Height: 50-90ft
Spread: Hog
Lifespan: Long
Pruning: Optional
Origin: Europe
Food Type: Nut,
Appearance: Ornamental,Fall color,
Uses: Fresh,Cooked,Dried,Shade,Windbreak,
Misc. Features: Fragrant,
Prefers: Tolerant,Acidity,
Rejects: Part-shade,Alkalinity,
Problems: Other,
Cycles: Very late harvest,
Harvest & Use
European chestnuts are the common supermarket ones. Chestnuts differ from most nuts in a number of ways: they are higher in vitamin C and lower in protein, contain more water and less oil (making them more difficult to store), and are starchier, making them good for flour and as a potato substitute. Chestnuts are traditionally used to fatten pigs, children, etc. The timber is multi-purpose: It has high fuel-value, resists rot, and rives well.
Appearance
Long leaves turn gold at the end of summer; fragrant yellow catkins cover the chestnut in drooping clusters (some would find “stinky” more accurate than “fragrant”). The European chestnut is taller and less spreading than the American chestnut.
Cultivation
Chestnuts of all species require very little care. The chestnut weevil can be a problem, mainly in the eastern US. The European chestnut is susceptible to the blight Endothia parasitica which decimated the American chestnut. 400-750 chill hours.
Comment
The European chestnut originated around the Mediterranean. The popular and genus names come from the Greek name for the nut, “kastanŽa,” which comes from the city Castanea in Asia Minor, presumably known for its chestnuts. A number of hybrids of Chinese, Japanese, European, and American species are available; they are presumably blight resistant, but not always tested. Chinapkins (genus Castanopsis) are probably the evolutionary ancestor of chestnuts and oaks: They have nuts like chestnuts and twigs like oaks.
Cultivars of Repute
Information about who will pollinize whom in the world of chestnut hybrids is difficult to come by; prudence suggests pairing trees of similar heritage.
Maraval: late-ripening, large nuts; good pollinizer; blight resistant, hardy to zone 5.
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