CHAPTER X 



THE NUT 



By GEORGE BUNYARD 



Cob nuts and filberts require more pruning and cutting than any other fruit 

 tree. When received from the nursery these trees have a small head upon a 



PsuNED Branch of Cob Nut 



(a) Leader shortened to a wood bud with catkins produced from base ; {d) side 

 shoot or lateral closely spurred in ; (c) side shoot shortened to a wood bud ; 

 (d) side shoot long pruned to secure catkins, the shoot having been broken 

 down in summer to concentrate energies in lower buds ; [e] one-year-old 

 spur on two-year-old wood ; ( /) shoot that has been broken down in summer 

 above pruning point, shortened to wood bud, with catkins at base ; (g) shoots 

 to be spur pruned ; [k) blossom buds in flower ; [i] wood buds. 



Stem 12 to 15 inches high. This stem is provided in order that the ground 

 beneath the bush may be more readily tilled and kept free from weeds. They 



