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Merveille de Bolwiller. 
Husk downy; about one-third longer than the nut in two 
divisions; deeply and irregularly toothed, and pressing closely to 
the nut. Nut large, rounded at base ; very broad, the breadth 
nearly equal to the height, tapering to a broad point ; very regular 
and uniform; light coloured; shell thick; kernel large; fine 
flavour. Plant of strong growth; grows late; prolific ; fruit 
ripens mid-season. A very handsome and excellent variety. 
Purple Leaved. 
This is merely a purple-leaved variety of the Red Filbert. A 
Very ornamental plant. 
Red Filbert. 
Synonyms. —-Aveline rouge, Tranche rouge, Eouge d’Algiers, 
(xrosse precoce de Prauendorf. 
Husk downy, of a reddish brown colour, nearly twice the 
length of the nut, round the apex of which it is contracted, thereby 
enclosing the nut. Nut remaining in the husk small, long, and 
pointed at both ends ; shell thin but hard ; kernel very full, having 
a red skin ; finely flavoured. Plant of slender growth ; very free 
fruiting; ripe mid-season. A very excellent variety. 
Rouge d?Algiers. 
See Red Filbert. 
Small Cluster. 
Husk small, hairy, deeply divided into two parts of about the 
same length as the nut; toothed, and pressing closely to the nut. 
Nut small, short, with a broad-pointed base ; light coloured j shell 
thin but hard; kernel full. Grows in clusters of from eight to 
ten; slender growing; prolific, but too small. Worthless* 
Siegel's Zeller muss. 
Synonyms .—Sickler’s Zellernuss; Jeeves’ Seedling. 
Husk, downy short, extending to three-quarters of the length 
of the nut; very deeply toothed and reflexed, the nut thereby 
being almost entirely exposed. Nut large, oblong, with a broad 
rounded base, becoming flattened tbwards the apfex, light 
