Japanese / European hybrid · Seed-family seedling
Maraval Family
Large French-type nuts with better root disease tolerance than most European selections.
| Species | Castanea sativa x crenata |
|---|---|
| Seed parent origin | French hybrid selection, sibling program to Marigoule and Marsol. |
| Nut size | Very large |
| Ripening window | Mid to late season |
| Cold hardiness | Zone 5, protected site |
| Blight resistance | Moderate for blight, good ink disease tolerance |
| Best for | European-type nut production with a disease-tolerance edge. |
About this seed family
Maraval comes out of the same French breeding effort as Marigoule and Marsol, combining large nut size with tolerance to Phytophthora root rot.
Vigorous and productive, with late-season ripening that extends your harvest window.
A good third leg alongside Marsol and T0613 if you are building a European hybrid block.
For deer hunters. Late, large drop. Useful for late-season hunting.
Straight talk. Late ripening means an early hard freeze can cost you part of the crop.
What you are actually buying
This is a seedling grown from a nut produced by a named Maraval Family parent tree. It is not a grafted clone and we will never sell it as one. It inherits roughly half its genetics from that known mother tree and half from whatever pollinated her, which means you get a real head start on quality plus the seedling advantages of a natural taproot, lower cost and genetic diversity across your planting.
Every tree is started in our insulated shed under grow lights and grown in a 4 inch by 12 inch deep tree pot, so you receive a well-rooted young tree with a developing taproot rather than a root-bound plug.
Plant more than one. Chestnuts need cross pollination from another chestnut nearby to set nuts. Plant at least two, ideally five or more, within a couple hundred feet of each other. Mixing seed families also staggers your drop window across the fall instead of dumping the whole crop in two weeks.
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