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THE FRIZZLED FILBERT, 



Frizzled Filbert. Hort. Soc. Fruit Cat. no. 17. 



Of all the Nut tribe this is among those most 

 deserving of cultivation, whether we consider its 

 hardiness, beauty when in the husk, or , abundant 

 produce. In flavour it is not materially different 

 from the White Filbert. 



It originated in a Garden at Hoveton, near 

 Norwich, where it was well known for its annual 

 crops, when all the bushes near it were almost 

 destitute of fruit. It has been, within a few years, 

 extensively circulated among Nurserymen, and now 

 is far from uncommon. 



Its name is derived from the singular appear- 

 ance of the husk or involucrum. 



The BRANCHES are spreading. 



CLUSTERS of fruit usually in threes or fives, 

 sometimes more. INVOLUCRUM much and deeply 

 divided, spreading open at the mouth, large, ex- 

 tending twice the length of the Nut. NUT rather 

 small, oblong, and flattened. SHELL of moderate 

 thickness, filled with the kernel, which is of good 

 flavour. Ripens rather late. 



