1792 



FKUIT-GROWim; 



TABT.E II. 



1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1 90 1 

 H)02 

 1903 

 1904 

 1905 



I()0(1 



1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 1910 

 1911 

 1912 



1913 

 1914 



1915 



Stirling Bramley Varieties 



O — 



12 -i- 

 20 + 

 15 



M + 



13 — 



TOO -|- 



10 



114 + 



The results argue against any tendency in the indivicUial trees towards 

 alternate fruiting, as, if any such innate tendency existed, it would not be 

 exhibited by different individuals in the same year : therefore in a planta- 

 tion consisting of many individuals, even of the same variety, an average 

 uniformity of production would result. 



1292 - Sources of Supply of Hazel-nuts. 1 in 11,1 m m iin- imiHiini hutuutc, Voi. xtv, 



No. 2, pp. ^6i-j<i7. J.ondon, .\pvil-]unc i<ii»>. 



The various kinds of hazel-nuts are the produce of species of Corylus, 

 a genus of shrubs or small trees native to the temperate ])arts of ]uiro])e, 

 Asia and North America. The different kinds of nuts are distinguished by 

 trade names according to their country of origin. A consideral3le quantity 

 of hazel-nuts is produced in the United Kingdom, and supi)lenicnting this 

 suppl}' there is a large annual import derived chiefly from vSpain, Italy and 

 Asiatic Turkey. Hazel-nuts are not at present grown on a commercial 

 scale in any of the British colonies. It is probable that hazel growing would 

 succeed in parts of the Union of South Africa, British T'^ast Africa, Austra- 

 lia and Cyprus. 



United Kingdom. — The hazel-nuts jiroduced in this country are de- 



