206 NUT GROWING 



HORN HAZEL 



The horn hazel nut, while not of as good quality 

 as that of the common American hazel, may give us 

 something valuable in its hybrids. We may find 

 ourselves using horn hazel stocks or hybrids made 

 with the species for extending the range of valuable 

 varieties far northward. I have found this hazel 

 extending pretty well up in Labrador and in the 

 Hudson Bay basin nearly to James Bay. The bush 

 grows to a large size in the far north. In fact, it is 

 difficult in that latitude to distinguish this hazel from 

 the American elm at first glance. The elm stunted 

 to smaller size and the hazel growing to larger size 

 brings the two species to similar dimensions, and 

 I have found myself looking for hazel nuts in an 

 elm tree in some of the thickets about Flying Post. 

 On the Pacific coast the horn hazel sometimes grows 

 to a height of thirty feet, and on that account was 

 at one time held by some botanists to represent a 

 different species. 



The hazels appear to accept each other as readily 

 as the walnuts do for grafting purposes within the 

 family. 



OTHER HAZELS 



The Asiatic tree hazel, Corylus colurna, seems 

 to offer great advantage as grafting stock for 

 various other hazels, because it sends out no stolons 

 and grows to become a large tree. Another Asiatic 



