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22476. CORYLUS AVELLANA. Filbert, var. Avelline Grosse
Ronde. From Mrs. Felix Gillet, Nevada City, Cal. Medium-sized
tree, producing fair-sized, symmetrical, wedge-shaped nuts, which
are cherry red at the shoulder, with a gray covering that becomes
more dense toward the apex. Originally introduced from France by
Mr. Felix Gillet.

22480. CORYLUS AVELLANA. Filbert, var. Montebello.
From Mrs. Felix Gillet, Nevada City, Cal. Tree resembling the
Barcelona, with smaller, more regular, rather long nuts and long
husks. Reported to outbear the Barcelona. Said to have been originally
imported from Sicily by the Bureau of Plant Industry.

22484. CORYLUS AVELLANA. Filbert, var. Grosse Blanc of
England. From Mrs. Felix Gillet, Nevada City, Cal. Large vigorous
tree similar to the well-known Barcelona. Good producer, reported
as bearing the largest nuts in the smallest clusters of any
of the filberts cultivated in Oregon. Originally introduced by Mr.
Felix Gillet.

22485. CORYLUS AVELLANA. Filbert. From Mrs. Felix
Gillet, Nevada City, Cal. A medium-large French variety called the
Daviana. Introduced by Mr. Felix Gillet, who for many years contributed
much to the literature on hazelnut culture in this country.

22486. CORYLUS AVELLANA. Filbert, var. Barcelona.
From Mrs. Felix Gillet, Nevada City, Cal. Tree of upright medium
growth. Good producer. Blooms about the first week in January in
Oregon. The husk is short hispid; the nut large, ovate, slightly
compressed; shell moderately thick and rather hard, but well filled
by the kernel, which is of very good quality.

33234. CORYLUS AVELLANA. Filbert, var. Rouge Ronde.
From Mr. Pedro Giraud, Granada, Spain. A red-kerneled variety
not well known, but seemingly very similar to the Barcelona and
Avelline varieties.

22474. CORYLUS COLURNA. Filbert, var. Noce Lunghe.
From Mrs. Felix Gillet, Nevada City, Cal. Originally introduced
from Istria by David Fairchild, S. P. I. No. 6139. The best variety
of the Rovigno hazelnuts. A small tree, 12 to 15 feet high, with
handsome trunk and graceful branches. Nuts reported to be of the
finest quality. Said to withstand a temperature of 14° F. and
probably lower.
        