SUCKERLESS FILBERTS 
We do not endorse any other methods of filbert propagation than contained herein. As 
it is natural for filberts to grow in bush form they are inclined to throw up sprouts from 
the base but are forced by training to grow in tree form. 
If the suggestions herein are followed, the tops will soon take all the sap and sprouting 
will be a minor chore as the trees get older. Until our State Horticulture endorses, and it 
is proven that any other roots than our own are superior, we will not offer any other for 
sale. We hesitate to introduce new and unproven introductions at our customers’ expense 
unless we are sure of the merits claimed for them. Let the other fellow experiment if he 
wishes, is our motto. 
POLLINA TION 
The filbert is not self-pollinating; therefore, more than one variety must be planted 
in an orchard to secure results. The Barcelona is the most widely planted main crop nut; 
DuChilly the second. 
The DuChilly will pollenize the Barcelona but the latter will not pollenize the 
DuChilly. For cross pollenizers, Daviana is considered best and White and Bed Aveline 
very good. 
The approved proportion to use in Oregon generally is 85% Barcelona, 10% DuChilly, 
5% Daviana and White Aveline. Pollenizers used every third tree in every third row or 
even every second row. Daviana being a long nut, can be sold along with DuChilly. 
Opinions may differ on the matter of pollenization but experience has shown that it 
is best not to depend on any particular pollenizer. Peculiar blooming habits of filberts 
prove that a tested pollenizer will act favorably one year and fail the next. However, 
by using the combination recommended a good yield may be expected. Many growers top 
graft in additional recommended pollenizers later, which is a good plan. By using several 
sorts you extend your pollen period over a longer season, thereby insuring a much heavier 
yield, catching both the early and late blooms. 
VARIETIES 
DuChilly, A large, long nut, about 50% self husking; balance readily husked by 
machinery or by hand. Finest of quality, demanding a premium over Barcelona and often 
used as a main crop variety, when pollenized with Clackamas, Alpha, or Gasaway. 
Barcelona. The Barcelona far out-ranks any other variety still planted, in point of 
acreage. It is a large, round nut, fully self-husking, rich in flavor, uniform in size, clean in 
pellicle and very prolific. Tree is a strong upright grower and to the best of our knowledge 
is still the best commercial variety to plant. 
There are several new varieties being introduced and propagated, such as the Brixnut, 
Majestic, and several others. However, these usually show some weakness, either are light 
bearers, or the kernel does not fill well, although these claims may not be well founded. 
It seems to us, though, that the Brixnut is pretty well established as a large new nut, 
originated in Oregon, so that, it can be confidently planted. The Brixnut, as one introducer 
describes it, together with its pollenizer, the Hall’s Giant, form a combination of excep¬ 
tional merit. In quality of meat, thinness of shell, absence of pellicle, certainty of crop, 
size, productivity, absence of blanks, in fact in all qualities and qualifications of filberts, 
the Brixnut scores so high that its excellence is quite generally admitted. 
The Brixnut and its pollenizer are budded or grafted on seedlings, not of their own 
roots, consequently they cost more to produce and come higher in price. We can furnish 
them at established market prices on application. 
We grow the following and can supply them in limited quantities: Alpha, Nottingham. 
Gasaway, Montebello, Kentish Cob, and English Cluster, but only along with commercial 
filbert orders as pollenizers. 
Planting by us: 
We will plant the orchard, expertly plant and properly distribute the pollenizers and 
trim, within a radius of fifty miles of Portland, at from $.07 to $.10 per tree, depending 
upon the size of the order. Walnut trees $.25 each. This is probably cheaper than you can 
do it yourself. 
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