58 Remarks on the cultivation of the Filbert. 



Cosford, (Jig- 7.) We liave found the Cosford, Frizzled, 

 and the Northampton Prolific the most productive varieties, 

 in this chmate. All the varieties grow very vigorously in any 

 good soil, naturally dry rather than moist, but a dry gravelly 



The Cosford filbert. 



loam, or sandy loam, is considered preferable. In pruning 

 and training filberts, the first most important requisite is to 

 keep the main stem free from all suckers; and the second, 

 to prevent too great a luxuriance of wood, which, if suffered 

 to grow at random, will prevent the production of large crops. 

 The nuts are produced, both upon the sides of the young 

 wood, and upon lateral spurs, annually produced on the older 

 branches, after the previous year's bearings lateral shoots have 

 been trimmed away. Abroad, therefore, what is called the 



