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been recommended, 12 feet ;i]);irt each way, which has proven insuffi- 

 cient. PL'ints in my nursery are 12 feet apart each way, but are 

 all now in contact with eacli other. IGo feet each way will be ample, 

 sufficient for all time, and give plenty of room for turning with plow 

 and cultivator. 



About eight to twelve varieties should be planted in an orchard, 

 one-quarter of them of the smaller fruiting kinds for the sake of pol- 

 linization. I have ex|)erienced a little difficulty in selling to our 

 merchants the nuts of the smaller kinds. It is unfortunate that an 

 idea ])revails among some of them, and for that matter among some 

 of our people in general, that the small varieties of filberts are not 

 so v/iluable as the larger kinds. This is altogether wrong. Most of 

 the smaller kinds are more jjrolific, better flavored and all of them fill 

 better. 



In Europe for instance, varieties like Early Globe, Althaldensleben 

 and Buttner's Zeller, all of the smaller sizes, are classed as some of 

 the very choicest varieties and command the best prices on account of 

 their fine qualities. It is a serious mistake to judge the value of the 

 filberts by the size of the nuts. Invariably the small nuts will yield 

 more kernels to the pound than any of the larger kinds and eventually 

 the main sale of filbert nuts will be in a shelled state. As mentioned 

 before, our merchants thought the above named varieties were a little 

 small. Still they took them, together with others, in four and five 

 hundred pound lots at a wholesale price of $20.00 per hundred pounds, 

 where my retail price brings me 25c per pound. A number of my 

 customers prefer the small nuts and order them only. 



Now in setting out the filberts, after the land is properly prepared, 

 16^ feet distance should be allowed each plant each way, leaving ample 

 room on end and side for turning with agriculture implements for cul- 

 tivation, as the land should be cultivated freely and kept free from 

 weeds. 



Unless the land is very poor and stony, manure or other fertilizers 

 should be used rather sparingly. Mulching the plants with old grass, 

 straw or dead weeds has proven ver}' beneficial to my stock plants in the 

 nursery. It keeps the moisture and checks the weeds. 



All filbert plants require a free and open location not shaded or 

 overgrown by other trees. 



