BARCELONA FILBERT BRANCH. (DARTS SHOW NUT CLUSTERS) 
GILLET’S 
FILBERT 
OR HAZEL NUT 
A Crop That 
Pays The Grower 
READ WHY 
•I The filbert is one of the most profitable trees you can plant. It is easily grown, has 
no harmful insect enemies, requires no spraying, thinning or propping. It stands heavy 
frosts, bears young and continuously, living to great age. It bears well as a tree or a 
bush and makes splendid profit producing wind breaks. It is a fine ornamental. The 
nuts find a ready market. Yet millions of pounds have to be imported in order to 
supply the American demand, because our growers have overlooked this profitable crop. 
® MARKET PROSPECTS 
^ A carefull investigation will sh ow that various forces are at work in the interest of 
all nut growers. Especially is this true of the filbert. 
1st. No overproduction of this crop exists in America. Importations to supply the 
demand have been made for years. 
2nd. Bakers’ cakes and confectionery, particularly nickel candy bars, use enormous 
quantities of filberts the year around. The manufacturers of these goods push 
your product for you. 
3rd. Thousands of stores, both small and large, sell 5 and 10c bags of salted filberts 
every day in the year. 
4th. The North Pacific Nut Growers’ Cooperative Association that handles all filberts 
grown in the northwest (we are informed that any California filbert grower can 
join this ably managed association) are putting out roasted salted filberts in a 
Vita-Pack for household use and they report encouraging sales. This Coop, has 
sold every filbert produced by its growers during the past three trying years, at 
satisfactory profits ; an outstanding achievement in times like these when such 
luxuries might be expected to remain unsold. Few if any farm products can 
approach this record. 
5th. Filberts will keep in ordinary storage two years without deteriorating if nec¬ 
essary. 
6th. The highly profitable BARCELONA variety is well known under that name 
to the trade. 90% of Oregons’ production is this variety. 
® WHEN AND WHERE TO PLANT 
H Filberts will produce heavily in rather poor soil, but trees will be larger and nuts more plentiful on good 
soils. They will be profitable on rocky ledgy ground but they must have adequate moisture under any con¬ 
ditions. In California, a Northwest or Northeast exposure would be best, but they will succeed in other ex¬ 
posures. The planting should have good air drainage, where heavy frosts occur in early Spring. Thus an 
elevated site is to be preferred. Plant from December 15th to March 15th; the earlier the better. The co'ast 
counties of California have ideal conditions for this nut, also the Sierra foothills and mountain locations 
generally. Some places in the great central valley of California and in Southern California they are doing 
well; other plantings there have been less successful. Since this nut tree promises so well, you should 
make at least a trial planting this season and we make special offers for such. See page 26. They will 
produce well in the shade of larger trees such as Walnut, Pecan, Chestnut, thus can be used as interplants. 
Such combinations are advised for hot valley locations. 
# WHY YOU SHOULD PLANT BARCELONA FILBERTS 
U The name Barcelona is known to dealers and buyers. It is to’ filberts what Franquette is to walnuts; Navel 
to oranges; Baldwin to apples and Ivory to soaps. To be the producer of a well known brand is a distinct 
advantage of the grower. 
U They have been tried and proven for many years. The quality is good. The growth healthy and strong— 
they make a large tree. Yield is heavy, with few culls. They are self-husking, the bulk of the crop falls 
free to ground ready for harvest. DuChilly and other long husk varieties do not have this feature. 
• RESULTS TO EXPECT 
fl While the Barcelona will bear nuts the first year in the nursery row, it cannot produce many pounds un¬ 
til the fourth to sixth year after planting. It should pay costs by that time and from then on natural in¬ 
crease will show profits. In the 10th year a conservative estimate of yield would be 1000 lbs. per acre and in 
well situated groves it will be higher. A reasonable average on mature trees of 20 lbs. each will total over 
one ton per acre and based on average price and costs, means net of about $200.00 per acre. When prices re¬ 
turn to normal the promts will increase sharply. A 2000 lb. yield per acre at normal prices will show $250.00 
profit per acre with cost of 6c per lb. 
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