wine-colored or white skin, hence the name—Red 
and White Aveline; flavor sweet and good; very 
prolific. Trees are not strong growers. 
PurpLe-LEAvep AvELINE: A very pretty, 
ornamental variety, the leaf being of a dark pur- 
plish hue, looks beautiful. The nut is like other 
Avelines. 
Many other varieties of more or less value 
might be mentioned, but with the difficulty of ob- 
taining trees for planting it would be of but little 
practical use. 
USES OF FILBERTS 
The chief uses of filberts are as food, mainly 
for desserts and confectionery. They may also be 
converted into a valuable oil, which doubtless when 
more are grown will become an article of commerce. 
The filbert is not known and appreciated as it 
deserves to be. The Northwest grown filberts cer- 
tainly are excellent nuts, mild and fine in flavor, 
and the more familiar the people become with them, 
the better they will like them and the larger will 
be their consumption, not to mention the fact that 
the use of nuts generally is increasing and in many 
eases taking the place of meat in dietary. Consid- 
sring the limited area adapted to filbert growing, 
there is no danger of over-production. 
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 
My attention was first drawn to filberts by an 
urticle on filbert culture in America, written by 
