GILLET’S FILBERT 
WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING 
FILBERT growing in the Northwest (Oregon-Washington) has been carried on for many years and the pro¬ 
duction there has shown conclusively the profit possibilities of this nut tree. They have a Cooperative mar¬ 
keting association (North Pacific Nut Growers Coop) which has cleaned up their entire crop each year. Co¬ 
operative selling backed by a strong Tariff (5c per lb. on un-shelled; 10c per lb. on shelled) have placed fil¬ 
bert growers in an enviable position. Note prices received by growers during the late depression, in tables 
below. This is all the more remarkable since filberts are in the nature of a luxury. From necessity. No 
ONE HAD TO BUY FILBERTS. The fact that they did buy them during hard times at profitable prices to 
the grower TELLS THE STORY CONVINCINGLY. 
BARCELONA IN BLOOM 
BARCELONA FILBERT BRANCH (Darts Show Nut Clusters) 
FILBERT 
or 
HAZEL NUT 
A Crop 
That Pays 
the 
Grower 
READ 
WHY 
FILBERT A VALUABLE FOOD 
Health authorities are urging the consumption of natural foods and it is being constantly demonstrated by 
scientists that certain foods have definite properties to prevent many of our ills. Nuts embody high food 
value and the large quantity of filberts imported (see table below) testify not alone to the esteem in which 
the American people value them, but to the fact that American growers have not yet produced anywhere 
near enough to satisfy this demand, the largest in any year having been about 2,500,000 pounds, thus requir¬ 
ing the heavy imports shown in the tables below. 
NORTH PACIFIC NUT GROWERS 
COOPERATIVE PRICES ON 
BARCELONAS 
FILBERT IMPORTS (U. 
S. Dept, of Agriculture 
Year 
Book) 
1936 
1935 1934 
1933 
Million 
1926-27 
1927-28 
1928-29 1929-30 1930-31 
1931-32 1932-33 
Large. 
... 17c 
—Per Pound— 
15)4c 14c 
14c l&Ac 
13c 1114c 
13c 
Pounds . 
. 19 
24 
23 14 *14 
11 
7 
Fancy. 
Baby.. 
... 16c 
... 15c 
11c 
10c 
*1930 Tariff enacted. 
# WHEN AND WHERE TO PLANT 
I 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 coast 
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 5. 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 
f 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. (Note market quotations above.) 
f[ 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 
1i 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 to $250.00 per acre. A 2000 
pound yield per acre at normal prices will show $250.00 profit per acre with cost of production at 6c per pound. 
METHOD OF DIS BUDDING 
Dis-Budding for Tree Form 
Maximum Yields will result from training to tree form, with single 
stem branching at 12 inches or higher. (California plantings should be 
headed low, say 12 to 20 inches from ground.) Careful dis-budding of 
sucker buds at planting time and removal of suckers as they appear 
for a few years will allow branches to make nice shaped trees. Engrav¬ 
ing at left shows dis-budding method. 
Good Yields will result from the bush form allowing four or five 
shoots to grow from root crown. Do not dis-bud for bush form. 
HOW THE FILBERT BLOOMS 
AND IS POLLINATED 
No variety of filbert is entirely self-pollenizing. 
That is, it will bear very few nuts unless fertilized 
with the pollen of another variety. The BARCE¬ 
LONA variety is no exception, it must be cross 
pollinated. There are several methods of accom¬ 
plishing this. It has been proven by scientific ex¬ 
periment at the Oregon Agricultural College Ex¬ 
periment Station that varieties which we indicate 
with a star (*) will pollinate the Barcelona. Ex¬ 
perience has shown, however, that it is best not to 
depend on any one pollenizer. Owing to the peculiar 
blooming habits of the filbert, a known good pol¬ 
lenizer will fail one year and act favorably the 
next. This is particularly true in some districts. 
Therefore we advise the planting of several pollin¬ 
ating varieties in every commercial planting. 
METHODS OF POLLENIZING 
(A) Plant solid to Barcelona. After third year top, 
graft one limb of each tree to Nottingham or White 
Aveline. Then put in grafts scattered through the 
planting of DuChilly, Daviana, White Aveline, Cos- 
ford, Gross Ronde; either several or all, to extent of 
ten assorted pollenizers per hundred of Barcelona. 
We will furnish grafting wood of these varieties. 
(B) Use 11% assorted pollenizers scattered through 
the planting as shown above, to every hundred 
Barcelona. Every third tree in every third row 
planted to a pollinator is 11%. This method cuts 
down the number of Barcelona trees per acre and 
yield will probably be less than by first plan. 
(C) Is a combination of the two methods above. 
Flowers ol 
The Filbert 
Upper, pistillate. 
Lower, staminate. 
Blooming habits of the Fil¬ 
bert are unlike fruit trees, 
in that after blooming the 
tree continues dormant. Un¬ 
til May, four months after 
blooming only are the nuts 
visible, being protected from 
killing frosts within the pis¬ 
tillate bud. 
