Marron glacé to build a factory to produce Spanish marrons glacés using Galician raw chestnuts, which previously were exported to France to produce the confectionary. Posada used the French and Italian formula to produce the marrons glacés. Today, there are two factories that produce marrons glacés in Spain. The French refer to chestnuts as "châtaigne" or "marron". Both terms refer to the fruit of the sweet chestnut "Castanea sativa". However, "marron" tends to denote a higher quality, larger fruit that is more easily peeled. The fifth edition of the dictionary "Dictionnaire de l'Académie française. Revu, corrigé et augmenté" published in 1798 states
Donald Marron Donald Marron Donald B. Marron (born July 21, 1934) is an American financier, private equity investor and entrepreneur, notable as the chairman and chief executive officer of brokerage firm Paine Webber from 1980 through the sale of the company in 2000, as well as the founder of private equity firm Lightyear Capital and of Data Resources Inc.. He is the father of the economist Donald B. Marron Jr. In 1959, Marron founded D.B. Marron & Company. In 1965, Marron sold his company to Mitchell Hutchins and in 1967 was named president of the company. Mitchell, Hutchins & Co. was a