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growing, free-fruiting variety, it is quite popular in 

 California, where it has been in cultivation for twenty 

 years or more under the name of Red Aveline. Speci- 

 mens I have received from there were not as large as. 

 those raised in England, but this can be accounted for 

 by the difference in climate. This variety is cultivated 

 in Europe under various local names, as, for instance, 

 Great Cob, Kentish Cob, Filbert Cob, and Large Bond 

 Cob. 



GRAHDIS, OR ROUND COBNUT. Nut large, short,, 

 slightly compressed, very thick and hard ; husk shorter 

 than the fruit, much frizzled and hairy. This is sup- 

 posed to be the true Barcelona nut of commerce, and is 

 one of the finest grown. This is the large round hazel 

 or filbert so largely imported for the trade in this coun- 

 try. It has many synonyms, and among them we may 

 record Downton, Dwarf Prolific, Great Cob and Round 

 Cob. 



PURPLE-LEAYED FILBERT, Usually eultivated as 

 an ornamental shrub in this country, but under proper 

 treatment it is one of the most valuable for its fruit. 

 Leaves very large, and of a deep purple color. Nuts 

 and husk of the same color, which they retain until cut 

 by frosts. Nuts large, an inch in length ; husks much 

 longer than the nut, and slightly hairy. The catkins 

 are tender and become winterkilled in our Northern 

 States, but if the pistillate flowers are fertilized by pol- 

 len from some more hardy plant, this purple-leaved 

 filbert is exceedingly prolific. I have gathered eighty 

 nuts from a small bush in my garden, the flowers of 

 which had been fertilized from another variety in early 

 spring. 



RED FILBERT. Red Hazel, Avelinier Rouge. Nut 

 medium ovate, not long as in the tubulosa, or Lambert's 

 filbert ; shell thick ; husk long and hispid. A very 

 productive variety of goad quality. 



