HOW THE YOUNG SPROUTS 
CLUSTER ABOUT THE 
BASE OF THE TREE 
PROPAGATION 
The filbert usually de- 
teriorates from the seed, 
and other modes of prop- 
agation must be employed 
for perpetuating and mul- 
tiplying varieties. While 
varieties may be propa- 
gated by budding and 
grafting, the most com- 
mon method practiced 
both in Europe and _ this 
country, is by sprouts or 
LAYERING THE SHOOTS TO MAKE NEW FILBERT 
TREES BY THE SERPENTINE METHOD 
