nuts separated. Machines for husking filberts will 
undoubtedly be perfected and come into general 
use. 
Some varieties such as the Avelines have con- 
stricted husk so tight around the nut that they 
husk with difficulty and are hard to handle in 
larger quantities. 
Filberts. are easily dried. When gathered 
they usually are spread on trays and dried in the 
sun or other ventilated place in a few days. In 
wet weather, filberts may be dried artificially in 
ordinary fruit dryers with heat from 75 to 90 
degrees Fahrenheit. Higher heat than 90 degrees 
is lable to break down the oil and damage the 
flavor of the nuts. 
Filberts are not liable to mould, and they 
require no washing or bleaching. 
When dried sufficiently, the test of which is 
brittle meat, the nuts are cleaned and polished in 
a revolving cylinder or other mechanism answer- 
ing the purpose, and after grading they are sacked 
and stored in a cool place ready for the market. 
Filberts are also gathered with the husk and 
sold in the fresh state at remunerative prices. 
For this purpose varieties with long husks are best 
suited, as they keep the nuts from rolling out so 
readily as in the short husk. 
