FILBERT GROWING 
By A. A. QUARNBERG 
| ess centuries filbert culture has held a promi- 
nent place among the industries of various 
European and Oriental countries, not only because 
filberts are a desirable food, but also on account of 
their value as an article of export. 
Because of adverse conditions, efforts to grow 
filberts in the eastern sections of the United States 
have been discouraging, resulting in the importa- 
tion of millions of pounds of filberts annually for 
consumption in the United States. 
After twenty-three years of local experience 
the fact is established beyond a doubt that the 
climatic conditions are ideally adapted to filbert 
culture in the Pacific Northwest. 
Here as fine filberts as any ever produced in 
any country have for years been successfully grown 
and it seems certain that filbert growing will de- 
velop into a profitable industry of large commercial 
proportions. 
With practically no filberts produced in the 
eastern, northeastern and southern states, there is a 
ready market in the United States for all the fil- 
berts that can be grown in the Pacific Northwest. 
