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FILBERT AND NUT. 



formed that sixty thousand bushels are sometimes 

 collected, and shipped from Barcelona in one season : 

 and that this vast quantity is produced from one 

 wood or plantation in the interior of the country. 

 This variety, however, is not a great hearer in this 

 country, owing perhaps to its being placed in too 

 rich a soil. 



5. Cosford Nut. — This is a superior variety of the 

 hazel, supposed to have been first raised by a Miss 

 Young. The shell is thin, and the kernel is ex- 

 ceedingly well flavoured ; it is moreover a very good 

 bearer. 



The above are all the varieties which the author 

 thinks worth enumerating. In some recently pub- 

 lished catalogues, there are above a score of others 

 named, but none of these are even equal to the 

 above described standard sorts ; and particularly 

 if pruned and treated according to the following 

 rules. 



It may be matter of wonder, but so it happens, 

 that the generality of gardeners know little or no- 

 thing about pruning filbert trees. The art has never 

 been studied either by masters or men ; and it is 

 remarkable, that this branch of the pruner's art 

 should have been brought to perfection by the un- 

 taught, unlettered Kentish peasant — without books 

 — without master, save experience — without mis- 

 tress, save Nature herself ! It is curious too, that 

 this art has been engrossed by the labourers in the 

 central parts of the county, and without its being 

 followed in other parts of the kingdom. The know- 



