Variety Mayette
Origin:
This variety of walnuts from Poliénas, near Tullins, in Isère department, is one of AOC ‘Noix de Grenoble”; it still represents 7% of the regional walnut plantations, but Mayette trees are but hardly planted now.
The tree:
- good vigour
- semi-spread bearing
- rather late bud-breaking (around April 12th - 26th), usually avoiding spring frosts
- sensitive to blight and anthracnose
- pollinator: Franquette
- yield: only moderate to rather good, rather slow fruiting