Felix Gillet, the late pioneer promoter of 
filbert culture and one of the most renowned hor- 
ticulturists and authorities on nuts in this country, 
recommended that “filberts be trained as low 
standard trees and branched at 18 to 24 inches 
from the ground and not grown bush-like.” 
SHAPING THE TREE 
After a filbert tree 
has been planted, the 
first pruning required 
is to head it to desir- 
able height from 20 
to 80 inches, two feet 
being a good height. 
During the follow- 
ing summer a num- 
ber of shoots will 
grow out near the 
top of the headed 
stem, and from these, 
three or four are se- 
lected and trained to 
form the top of the 
future tree and the 
others removed. For 
the first few years, 
the top requires more 
or less attention in 
way of thinning and 
shortening of strong 
shoots to give the 
tree the proper form 
CATKINS (BLOSSOMS) APPEARING : 
ON THE YOUNG FILBERT TREE and_ balance. 
