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CHAPTER XIX. 



OF FILBERTS AND HAZEL-NUTS. 



The Sorts commonly cultivated in England. — Method of Culture* 

 — Hovo to keep them in Winter. 



Filberts and Hazel-nuts grow wild in woods 

 and hedges, and are brought in great quan- 

 tities to the London markets, and to those of other 

 large towns throughout the kingdom ; employing 

 a great many poor famiHes during the Autumn, 

 who otherwise might have very little to do, and of 

 course be a burden on the public. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the eighth 

 Order of Linnaeus's twenty-first Class, Monoecia 

 Polyandria, and named Corylus Avellana, 



The Sorts generally cultivated in England are thejollouingy viz. 



1. The Large Cob-nut. Hooker Pom, Lond, 

 t 49. 



2. The Large Long-nut, which produces very 

 fine large fruit. 



3. The Barcelona, or Spanish Nut, with large 

 cups. 



4. The Common Wood-nut, with red-skinned 

 kernels. Langky Pom. t, 57* ^ 2. 



