REPORT ON FILBERTS GROWN AT CHISWICK. 
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Hartington Prolific. 
Husk hairy, one-third longer than nut; the extending portion 
deeply laciniated and reflexed. Nut small, long, narrow, and 
pointed at both ends, irregular, light coloured ; shell thin ; kernel 
full; fine flavour. Grows in clusters of six or seven. Plant of 
moderate growth ; very prolific and very early. The earliest nut 
to ripen, but too small. 
Jeeves' Seedling. 
See Siegel’s Zellernuss. 
Kentish Col. 
See Lambert's Filbert. 
Knight’s Small. 
See White Filbert. 
Lambert’s Filbert. 
Synonyms.—’Kentish. Cob ; Filbert Cob; Spanische Nut. 
Husk downy, large, about one-third longer than the nut, 
close fitting, and over the apex, of which it is occasionally con¬ 
tracted so as to enclose the nut; very slightly toothed; dull 
coloured. Nut large, remaining in the husk; oblong, pointed; 
somewhat furrowed and irregular, of a dull grey colour ; shell 
thick; kernel full. Grows in clusters of five or six. Plant of 
medium growth ; a very great; and certain cropper ; fruit ripens 
mid-season. One of the very best Filberts in cultivation; very 
largely grown in Kent under the name of Kentish Cob. 
Lichtenstein’s Zellernuss. 
Husk downy, large, a little longer than the nut; bluntly 
toothed, the segments slightly reflexed. Nut medium size, long* 
pointed at both ends, of irregular angular shape, and nearly closed 
in by the husk, of a dull grey colour ; shell very hard. Grows in 
small clusters. Plant of strong, late growth ; ripens late. 
$ee Cosford. 
Miss Young’s. 
