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[38] [39] Sweet chestnut is a good source of starch. [40] [41] The energy value per 100 g (3.5 oz) of C. sativa amounts to 891 kJ (213 kcal) (table). [42] C. sativa is characterized by high moisture content which ranges from 41% to 59%. [43] The chestnut provides a good source of copper, phosphorus, manganese and potassium (nutrition table). [38]
Bouche de Bétizac is a French chestnut cultivar developed in 1962 by INRA at the station of Malemort-sur-Corrèze near Brive. It is a controlled hybrid between Castanea sativa and Castanea crenata (female Bouche rouge × male Castanea crenata CA04). This variety produces large to very large chestnuts. It has very good flavor for a hybrid.
Chestnut orchards can be used for mushroom picking [10] or to grow berry bushes. [11] In Ticino, sheep and goats are traditionally grazing in the chestnut orchards, whereas in Spain, pigs are grazing and feeding on the left fruits during the fattening period. [8] [3] Such systems also provide the animals with protection against weather hazards ...
The main regions in France for chestnut production are the départements of Ardèche, with the famous "Châtaigne d'Ardèche" (A.O.C) Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, of the Var (Eastern Provence), of the Cévennes (Gard and Lozère départements) and of the Lyon region. France annually produces over 1,000 metric tons, but still ...
Young tree in natural habitat American chestnut male (pollen) catkins. Castanea dentata is a rapidly-growing, large, deciduous hardwood eudicot tree. [20] A singular specimen manifest in Maine has attained a height of 115 feet (35 m) [21] Pre-blight sources give a maximum height of 100 feet (30 m), and a maximum circumference of 13 feet (4.0 m). [22]
Goya Foods was established in the United States in 1936, in New York City, [7] by Prudencio Unanue Ortiz (1886–1976) from Valle de Mena, Spain. Previously, he had immigrated to Puerto Rico , where he met and married Carolina Casal (1890–1984), also a Spanish immigrant. [ 8 ]
The Pyrenees conifer and mixed forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion in southwestern Europe. It extends along the Pyrenees mountains which run east and west along the border between France and Spain, and includes all Andorra.
The sweet chestnut tree in 2005 The tree in a gouache by Jean-Pierre Houël, around 1777 Pencil sketch from Popular Science monthly, circa 1872. The Hundred-Horse Chestnut (Italian: Castagno dei cento cavalli; Sicilian: Castagnu dî centu cavaḍḍi) is the largest and oldest known chestnut tree in the world.