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FILBERT AND HAZLENUT. 



NOISETIER AVELINIER. Corylus. 



THE Filbert, in many varieties, and also the common 

 Hazlenut, grow spontaneously in the woods of Britain, and 

 some few varieties are indigenous in this country., The 

 kinds of Filberts generally cultivated, are the white, red, cob, 

 clustered, and frizzled ; of each of which there are many 

 varieties. As this shrub is so easily cultivated, it is a matter 

 of astonishment that the nuts from this genus of plants are 

 so scarce in our markets. In different parts of England 

 there are Filbert orchards. In the Filbert grounds about 

 Maid stone, in Kent, it is a prevailing practice to cultivate 

 Hops, standard Apples, and Cherries, among the Filberts ; 

 when these come into a bearing state, the Hops are taken 

 up and transplanted elsewhere, and the fruit trees only 

 suffered to remain. The spare ground is then planted with 

 Gooseberries, Currants, &c. The red Filbert is allowed to 

 have a finer flavour than the white. The Cob-nut is large, 

 with a thick shell, but the kernel is sweet and of considerable 

 size. The Barcelona is a good large nut, with a thin shell. 

 The Crossford is very sweet, kernels well, and the tree is 

 a great bearer. 



All the different kinds may be grown as dwarf standards ; 

 or they will bear very well if planted in clumps ; but as 

 they produce an abundance of suckers, these should be 

 parted off frequently, and planted in a nursery bed for 

 stocks ; as the bearing plants will cease to produce fruit in 

 any quantity, if the suckers are allowed to form a thick 

 bush. They may be propagated by seed, by suckers, 

 by layers, or by grafting in the Soring upon seedling or 

 sucker stocks. 



The Filbert bears principally upon the sides of the upper 

 young branches, and from small shoots which proceed from 

 the bases of side branches cut off the preceding year. The 

 leading shoot is every year to be shortened, and every 

 shoot that is left to produce fruit should be clipped : which 

 prevents the tree from being exhausted in making wood at 



