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July, 1920 



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edly is a strong factor in the success 

 made of filbert culture there. By the 

 thorough methods of pruning all the 

 bearing wood of the trees is practically 

 renewed every few years and the life 

 and bearing period of the trees are 

 prolonged almost indefinitely. 



In the Beadle Brothers' orchard, neai 

 the city of Maidstone, I saw one of the 

 oldest cob nut trees in the county. Its 

 main stem was between two and three 

 feet in diameter, one foot above ground, 

 and the tree although more than 150 

 years old still appeared to be as strong 

 and healthy as the surrounding trees 

 fully 100 years younger. 



I found the filbert growers nearly all 

 agreed on the basin-shaped form of 

 tree on a single stem from one to one 

 and one-half feet high as the best for 

 all purposes. Concerning the training 

 and forming of the basin shape tree, 

 W. F. Emptage, horticultural adviser 

 and specialist, gives the following di- 

 rections: 



The newly planted trees are allowed 

 to go without pruning one year, or until 

 they are well established. The single 

 stem is then cut back to a height of 12 

 to 15 inches to cause it to throw out 

 shoots from the head to form the future 

 tree. Four or five healthy strong 

 shoots are allowed to grow, which in 

 good ground they do rapidly. During 

 the following winter the shoots are 

 spread apart carefully and held in the 

 form of a basin by a wooden hoop 

 placed between the branches. These 

 shoots are tied out around the hoop at 

 equal distances and headed back in 

 such a way that the terminal buds open 

 outwards. These shoots are then al- 

 lowed to grow and to put out new 

 branches until about the fourth year 

 when there will be 12 to 15 branches. 

 The heads are kept broad, spreading 

 and open by tying out the branches to 

 stakes set in the ground, or otherwise, 

 in order to get them into perfect shape. 

 From these branches a set of spurs or 

 shoots is given off on which the nuts 

 are produced. To cause them to push 

 out such spurs along their whole length, 

 the main branches must be headed back 

 more or less at every winter pruning. 



According to E. A. Bunyard, one of 

 the best authorities on filbert culture 

 in Kent, after the base of the tree has 

 been shaped to the proper form, prun- 

 ing consists of breaking out the strong 

 suckers which grow up in the center of 

 the tree, cutting the strong leading 

 shoots back, thinning the spurs, remov- 

 ing old wood, etc., the side shoots being 

 best thinned after the flowers appear 

 and the catkins have remained long 

 enough to fertilize the pistilate flowers. 

 And if time permits in July and August 

 it was said that it was a great help to 

 the strength of the tree to break the 

 stronger shoots off the upper boughs 

 with the finger and thumb. This opera- 

 tion plumps up the buds below the frac- 

 ture and assists in ripening the wood. 

 This method is found better than cut- 

 ting as the broken surface allows some 

 sap to exude, and tends to prevent the 

 formation of secondary growth, which 

 would weaken the tree, and be of no 

 value in producing nuts. In winter 



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