306 How to Prune the Filbert. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Burr's New Pine, Jenney's Seedling. 



RASPBERRY. 



Knevett's Giant, 



GRAPE NATIVE. 



Diana. 



Reports accompany the " Proceedings" from the fol- 

 lowing States : — Pennsylvania ; New York ; Massachusetts ; 

 Vermont ; Connecticut ; Maine ; Ohio ; Missouri ; Iowa ; 

 Kentucky ; District of Columbia ; Virginia ; Georgia. 



We shall take the opportunity to make some extracts from 

 these reports, under our Pomological Gossip and Domestic 

 Notices. 



The Congress, after passing the usual vote of thanks to its 

 •officers, adjourned to meet at Cincinnati, Ohio, next autumn. 



A.RT. IV. How to Prune the Filbert. By Mr. R. Thompson, 

 Superintendent of the Orchard and Kitchen Garden De- 

 partment, of the London Horticultural Society. From 

 Gardeners^ Chronicle. 



It is somewhat surprising that a nut so very generally es- 

 teemed and at the same time so easily raised, should not 

 have received more attention, and been more extensively in- 

 troduced into our gardens. In England, great quantities of 

 land are devoted to the growth of the filbert, and in the 

 county of Kent, alone, hundreds of acres are planted with 

 the trees, the average yield of which is upwards of a thou- 

 sand pounds of nuts per acre. They are brought to the 

 principal markets in great quantities, and while young, be- 

 fore their shell becomes hardened, are considered an indis- 

 pensable addition to the dessert. 



There are several kinds of the filbert, which are im- 

 proved varieties of the common, or wild hazel of Europe. 

 But the sorts now generally most esteemed and cultivated 



