Japanese / European hybrid · Seed-family seedling

Marigoule Family

The classic French chestnut. Large, glossy, dark nuts with excellent flavor.

Species	Castanea sativa x crenata
Seed parent origin	One of the best-known French hybrid cultivars.
Nut size	Very large
Ripening window	Mid season
Cold hardiness	Zone 5, protected site
Blight resistance	Moderate
Best for	Premium nut production on a good site.

About this seed family

Marigoule is a standard of the French chestnut industry, planted commercially for its large, attractive, flavorful nuts.

Vigorous grower with a good orchard form.

In the Midwest it is a premium-site family. Reward it with good drainage and shelter and it will produce nuts that outclass anything else on the table.

What you are actually buying

This is a seedling grown from a nut produced by a named Marigoule 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.