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BETTER FRUIT 



October, 1921 



My Experience in Filbert 

 Culture 



By Nat M. Norelius of The Western 

 Walnut Growers' Association 



MARCH 6, 1894 1 planted my first half 

 dozen filbert tree?, consisting of Eng- 

 lish varieties. Ten years later, April 7, 

 1904, I planted 100 filbert trees of the 

 Barcelona and Du Chilly varieties. 



The following year, October 28, I added 

 60 trees to my filbert grove, making in all 

 about 165 filbert trees divided as follows: 

 One hundred and five Du Chilly, forty- 

 eight Barcelona, four Daviana, three Cos- 

 ford, four English, and one Clarke. 



These filbert trees I planted in rows 

 ten feet apart and alternating twenty feet 

 apart in the row, thus making the actual 

 minimum distance apart of the trees 13 

 feet, covering about seven-eights of an acre 

 of ground. 



My soil is clay loan, and the trees have 

 grown thriftily in this soil from the begin- 

 ning. They have had but one setback, 

 caused by sun-scald. When the trees were 

 three years old, the temperature running 

 up to 105 degrees caused injury to the 

 bark on the south side of the trunk, thus 

 stunting the growth of a number of trees. 

 Those trees that were stunted in growth I 

 cut away and permitted several sprouts to 

 take the place of the one — the stunted trees 

 thus forming a bushy shrub. These 1 

 have found to bear equally as well as the 

 one-stemmed trees. 



The filbert tree is almost free from in- 

 sect pests, such as infest our fruit trees, 

 and therefore seldom needs spraying ex- 

 cept for moss and other fungus growth. 

 Spraying for this purpose will improve the 

 condition and appearance of the trees. 



Since the trees came to bearing age they 

 have borne crops every season, but in vary- 

 ing amounts. Of the varieties I have I con- 

 sider the Barcelona by far the heaviest 

 bearer of crops. We now know that this 

 is due to the need of outside aid in its 

 pollination. With the proper pollinizer, 

 we have found, that the Du Chilly is able 

 to produce crops equal to the Barcelona. 

 Of the mixed varieties, I have found the 

 Cosford to be the largest and best looking 

 nut, of good quality and a fair producer. 



As to the quantity of the crops, I have 

 no marvelous records to give you, but 

 quote you the amounts of the last three 

 year's crops; The 1918 crop total was 540 

 pounds, 187 pounds Du Chilly, 312 pounds 

 Barcelona and 40 pounds mixed, which 

 brought me from the crop $144.00. The 

 1919 crop total was 500 pounds, bringing 

 me $155.00. The 1920 crop tot,il w.is 

 1061 pounds, 508 pounds Du Chilly, 410 

 pounds Barcelona, 143 pounds mixed nuts. 



I will now in closing briefly summarize 

 what I have learned from my experience 

 in filbert culture; Filbert trees thrive and 

 bear crops in a variety of soils, from a heavy 

 clay to a gravelly loan, but in any soil will 

 respond to good care and proper fertilizing. 



From 18 to 20 feet apart each way. I 



think is the proper distance to plant filbert 

 trees. As to varieties, I would depend 

 mainly on Barcelona. But, if 1 could get 

 the proper pollinizers, I would plant one- 

 half each of Barcelona and Du Chilly, se- 

 lecting good sized and well rooted trees 

 for planting. 



I have found that a filbert grove requires 

 less work and expense to keep in good con- 

 dition than a fruit orchard and requires 

 less labor and expense to harvest the crop. 



Those interested in raising chickens will 

 find a filbert grove an ideal run for their 

 flock. 



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The use of cover pads has long been a 

 custom in the packing of apples in con- 

 tainers. They are used to prevent bruis- 

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