perience of the past as a guide to the care, man- 
agement, pollinization, ete., one may confidently 
look forward to even better average results. 
During the last few years the Northwest 
grown filberts have retailed at prices varying from 
25c to 30¢c per pound according to variety, size, etc. 
Considering the limited area adapted to filbert 
growing in the United States, and the increasing 
demand, the problem is one of adequate pro- 
duction. 
HARVESTING 
In the Pacific Northwest filberts usually are 
ripe and ready to gather the first part of the 
month of September. They should not be picked 
until ripe, a condition determined by the brownish 
color of the nut, the straw-colored husk and the 
readiness with which the nuts separate from the 
husk. 
The general practice in the gathering of 
filberts is to pick them up from the ground in- 
stead of from the trees. When ripe and given 
time, the nuts will fall to the ground of their own 
accord in most instances, but they usually are 
hurried off the trees to some extent by shaking 
the branches gently before each picking. 
Usually three pickings will gather the crop. 
Nuts with short husk like the Barcelona gen- 
erally roll out of the husk and drop to the ground 
clean, but varieties having long husk, such as Du 
Chilly, require more or less husking to get the 
