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CHAPTER XIX. 



OF FILBERTS AND HAZLE-NUTS. 



The Sorts commonly cultivated in England,,,, Method of Culture,*,*, 

 How to keep them in Winter, 



Filberts and Hazle-Nuts grow wild in woods and hedges, 

 and are brought in great quantities to the London markets, and 

 to those of other large towns throughout the kingdom ; em- 

 ploying a great many poor families during the autumn, who 

 otherwise might have very little to do, and of course be a bur- 

 den on the public. 



This genus of plants is ranged in the eighth order of Lln- 

 nseus's twenty-first class, Moncecia Polyandria, 



The Sorts generally cultivated in England are the following^ 



1. The Large Cob Nut. 



2. The Large Long Nut, which produces very fine large 

 fruit. 



5. The Barcelona, or Spanish Nut, with large cups. 



4. The Common Wood Nut, with red skinned kernels. 



5. The Filbert with white kernels. 



6. The Filbert with red kernels. 



7. The Large Cluster Wood Nut. 



Of Propagating and Pruning Nut-Trees, 



Filberts and nuts of all kinds are propagated from seed, 

 layers, and suckers ; but those who wish to have fine sorts 

 should graft the trees, or lay down in March some of the 

 straightest shoots, notched at a joint, pegging them into the 

 ground ; then cover them with earth about three inches thick, 

 making basons round them with edges of mould about two 

 inches higher than the surface of the ground, to prevent the 

 water's running olf ; water them sometimes in dry weather, and 

 mulch them with some rotten leaves, to keep them moist. By 

 the following autumn they will be fit to take up and plant oat 

 in beds in the nursery, where they should remain about two 

 years, planting them out in August where you wish them to re- 



