BWARF FJSOILIFIC JTBT, 
f MOXGST tlie fraits which are usually cul- 
tivated in our gardens, there is not one that 
is so generally neglected as the Filbert, and 
ys other varieties of the Nut. We are, perhaps, 
^ in error in naming these as cultivated, for 
cultivation they rai’ely receive. Filbert bushes 
generally take care of themselves ; they continue unpruned 
and untrained ; and, consequently, unfraitful ; whilst their 
owner goes to market, and buys the produce of the foreign or 
Kentish grower, who pays them the attention they deserve, 
and duly reaps the fruit of his labour. 
Filberts, Cob Nuts, Barcelonas, and others, are evidently but 
varieties of the wild Hazel Nut. If seedling plants be raised 
from any of these, the fruit of such seedlings will vary consi- 
derably ; and although some may prove of quality equal to the 
parent, and some excel it, still there will be found, in the 
aggregate, a tendency towards its original or wild character. 
