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circumstances, the produce of these neat 

 bushes is astonishing." It is said that, from 

 a single forest near Recus, in Spain, sixty 

 thousand bushels of this nut have been gath- 

 ered in a single year. A loamy soil, with a 

 dry subsoil, suits the plant well. The bushes 

 may be raised best from suckers or layers, or 

 they may be easily grafted on the common 

 hazel nut. They may be suffered to grow 

 either in the tree or the bush form, probably 

 the latter is the best. They require the same 

 annual pruning and thinning that is given to 

 the gooseberry. "A few plants of them," 

 says Downing " should have a place in all 

 our gardens." Phillips and Loudon both 

 represent this nut as well deserving of culti- 

 vation on account of the profitable return 

 which it makes for the labor bestowed upon 

 it. The former states that the crop of a sin- 

 gle acre of filberts has been sold for fifty 

 pounds (upwards of $200.) 





