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22476. COEYLUS 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. Montehello, 

 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 origi- 

 nally 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 vigor- 

 ous tree similar to the well-known Barcelona. Good producer, re- 

 ported 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 con- 

 tributed 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. 



