The Woodford Filbert 
soft shell pecan or the almond. They will 
raise the size of the filbert in the market 
from the small “philbert,” that a national 
magazine has made so prominent, to a nut 
that will be no joke in any nut market. 
Some have thought that these large nuts 
may have grown here because of the change 
of environment or climate from where they 
grew naturally. The chances are that the 
exceedingly large nuts are due to a crossing 
of the varieties from northern Europe with 
those of southern Europe. These crosses 
would not naturally occur in Europe. We 
know at least that some of these are crosses 
of the Daviana and Barcelona, the first 
from northern Europe and the Barcelona 
from Spain. Others of the new seedlings are 
of unknown parentage. 
The nuts which seem to appeal to the 
public most, and these are the ones that we 
should give our attention, are plump nuts 
of the long type, a rather glorified Daviana. 
There are at least six of the nuts that have 
been brought to our attention that are 
worthy of being watched and planted in 
experimental plantings. One is the Scherf, 
nearly an inch and a half long and nearly 
an inch in cross section. The trees grow well 
and bear heavily. The nut has a thin shell 
with a fine quality kernel. First propagated 
by A. B. Scherf of Newberg. Another is the 
Royal, much like the Scherf, though a 
trifle shorter, it has a thicker shell but a 
plumper kernel. It bears fairly well with 
ordinary pollinators. Propagated first by 
Pearcy Brothers of Salem. Another is the 
Fitzgerald. This is much the sane as the 
two mentioned above. It has never had a real 
opportunity to produce as it has never been 
