FILBERT OR HAZELNUT. 13,1 



growing, free- fruiting variety, it isN quite- popular in 

 California, where it has been in cultivation for twenty 

 years or more uiider the name of Bed Aveline. Speci- 

 mens I have received from there were not as large ag 

 those raised in England, but this can be accounted for 

 by the difference in climate. This variety is cultivated 

 in Europe under various local names, as, for instance. 

 Great Cob, Kentish Cob, Filbert Cob, and Large Bond 

 -Cob. 



Grahdis, ok Round cobnut. — Nut large, shorty 

 slightly compressed, very thick and hard ; husk shorter 

 than the fruit, much frizzled and hairy. This is sup- 

 posed to be the true Barcelona nut of commerce, and is 

 one of the finest grown. This is the large round hazel 

 or filbert so largely imported for the trade in this coun- 

 ;try. It has many synonyms, and among them we may 

 record Downton, Dwarf Prolific, Great Cob and Round 

 Cob. 



Purple-Leaved filbert. — Usually cultivated as 

 an ornamental shrub in this country, but under proper 

 treatment it is one of the most valuable for its, fruit. 

 Leaves very large, and of a deep purple . color., ^uts 

 and husk of the same color, which they retain. until cut 

 by frosts. Nuts large, an inch in length ; husks much 

 longer than the nut, and slightly hairy., The catlgins 

 are; tender, and become wintei'killed in our. Northern 

 States, bi^it if the pistillate flowers are fertilized by, pol- 

 len ;ffbtn some m'ore' hardy plant, this purple-leaved 

 filbert 'is exceedingly prolific. I have gathered eighty 

 nuts from a small bush in my garden, the flowers of 

 which had ' been fertilized from another variety in early 

 spring. 



Red filbert. Red Hazel, Avelinier Rouge. — Nut 

 medium ovate, not long as in the tubulosa, or Lanibert's 

 filbert ; shell thick ; husk long and hispid. A very 

 pjroductive- variety of good quality. 



