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in producing several young trees. The nut is four 

 times as large as the hazel nut. This is a beautiful 

 tree, and should prove of great value. In its own 

 country the plant is very highly prized, selling for 

 a large sum when only a few inches high. 



The European filbert grows readily from the 

 seed, but does not by any means come true. In- 

 deed, it proves exceedingly variable. But this, of 

 course, from the standpoint of the plant developer 

 could not be regarded as a fault. If through se- 

 lective breeding a variety could be produced that 

 would bear regularly and abundantly, and in par- 

 ticular if the size of the nuts was increased, this 

 would be one of the most important of all nuts. 

 As yet, however, a variety that is adapted to 

 growth in this country has not been produced. 



So there is abundant opportunity for work on 

 the part of the plant experimenter. 



With the American hazel and the European 

 filbert for material whether or not further aid 

 may be expected from the Chilean species there 

 is opportunity to produce a nut that will amply 

 repay almost any experimenter for the time and 

 labor that may be spent upon it. 



SOME FOREIGN POSSIBILITIES 



A nut that has come to be fairly well known in 

 the market in recent years, but which has hitherto 

 scarcely been grown in this country, is the 



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