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in producing several young trees. The nut is four 
times as large as the hazel nut. This is a beautiful 
tree, and should prove of great value. In its own 
country the plant is very highly prized, selling for 
a large sum when only a few inches high. 
The European filbert grows readily from the 
seed, but does not by any means come true. In- 
deed, it proves exceedingly variable. But this, of 
course, from the standpoint of the plant developer 
could not be regarded as a fault. If through se- 
lective breeding a variety could be produced that 
would bear regularly and abundantly, and in par- 
ticular if the size of the nuts was increased, this 
would be one of the most important of all nuts. 
As yet, however, a variety that is adapted to 
growth in this country has not been produced. 
So there is abundant opportunity for work on 
the part of the plant experimenter. 
With the American hazel and the European 
filbert for material—whether or not further aid 
may be expected from the Chilean species—there 
is opportunity to produce a nut that will amply 
repay almost any experimenter for the time and 
labor that may be spent upon it. 
SoME ForeIcn PossIBILitIES 
A nut that has come to be fairly well known in 
the market in recent years, but which has hitherto 
scarcely been grown in this country, is the 
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