Adaptability 
Every farmer, orchardist, berry grower, poultryman and small home owner in the Northwest 
should have some filberts planted at least for his own use. The poultryman will find the filbert a 
very convenient and non-perishable crop to have growing in his poultry yard. The farmer having 
land suited to their culture can well set aside a small acreage for their growing. They will prove to 
be his best investment. Coming into production at an early age and requiring only limited capital to 
bring on to a point where they are productive and paying good dividends at four and five years and 
doubling that production rapidly, they can well be considered a good investment for the thrifty 
laborer, owning land, who is seeking a safe investment to take care of his needs in later years. 
Bankers, professional men and merchants find them a safe investment. Berry growers often use the 
filbert as a follow-up crop when production slows down with their berry plants. Planting them at 
the same time as the berries, they find them in good production when the berries run out. This 
works as a double investment for the grower. 
Hardiness 
Filberts adapt themselves to weather conditions far better than any other farm crop. Untimely 
rains do not affect their winter and early spring blooming habits, as often occurs with many fruits. 
Fall rains do not injure this hardy nut at harvest time. Crop failures are unknown where properly 
pollenized. In Oregon and Washington filbert trees have withstood temperatures of 15 to 20 degrees 
below zero and produced crops the following spring. To date we do not have any serious pests to 
cause excessive spraying. Filbert trees in England are still bearing at 150 years old. 
Soils 
The filbert will, no doubt, adapt itself to a greater variety of soils than most trees grown for 
commercial production. They, however, respond to good soil and extra cover cropping with vetch, 
rye and good barnyard fertilizer, or commercial fertilizer. The ordinary heavy valley loams, rolling 
shot or loam soils, and sandy river bottoms found in Western British Columbia, Washington, Oregon 
and parts of California, will produce abundant crops. Many fine groves are found adjacent to the 
Canadian border at Lynden and Everson, Washington. Also at Everett, Bellingham, Sedro Woolley, 
Seattle, Tacoma, Chehalis and throughout Clark County, Washington, are found many fine produc¬ 
tive groves and trees. Throughout the Willamette Valley in Oregon are found many commercial 
groves which are very profitable. In the Rogue River Valley of Oregon is found several very fine 
orchards grown both under irrigation and without. California plantings up to San Francisco and 
in the mountainous section near Nevada City, but filberts will thrive in many sections of California 
and bear heavy, profitable crops. 
Filberts respond to cultivation and thrive best where water tables are low and should not be 
planted on sour, heavy soil. 
Production 
Filberts often set on trees planted the first and second year, proving them to be very eager pro¬ 
ducers. Before entering into this subject we wish to state that soil fertility, cultivation and pruning 
will govern production to a large extent. Six year trees often produce 5 to 8 pounds of nuts. Seven 
year trees in our own grove have produced 22 pounds, but averaged around 14 pounds to the tree 
per acre. Yields reported from various growers in the Willamette valley show that 9 to 11 year 
trees vary from 15 to 35 pounds per tree. The scion wood for our grafted filbert stock is taken from 
trees with a record of 45 to 60 pounds in their 12th year. Mature trees have borne more than 100 
pounds in Oregon. At prices far below the average now received per pound by Oregon filbert growers, 
we consider that they would still be a safe and profitable investment. More than 4300 pounds were 
taken from an acre and a quarter at Linneman Junction, near Portland. Cost of production is very 
low compared with many horticultural crops. No expensive machinery, sprayers, driers, trays, or 
ladders are needed in the production of filberts. Rain nor frosts have any effect on this winter 
blooming crop. They have withstood very severe weather at blooming time and bore heavy crops. 
Filberts fall to the ground early in the fall and are picked up and stored in boxes, where good air 
circulation can take place. We suggest that trees be kept in tree form, as this will be a great aid in 
cultivation. 
Propagation 
We offer two distinct types of Nursery Grown Filbert Trees. Each method carrier certain distinct 
advantages adaptable to certain soil conditions in various sections along the coast. We will gladly 
aid you in selecting the right root stock for your locality. 
Tip Layered and Heavy Nursery Grown Transplanted Filbert Trees 
Many conflicting statements have been made regarding so-called tip layered or transplanted 
nursery stock on its own root. Nefarious and unfair nurserymen have made broad statements about 
these types of trees being free from suckers, after setting out in orchard form. These statements 
are untrue and such statements should be immediately branded as false. 
Transplanted filbert trees are secured in our nurseries by lining out so-called tip layers in the 
nursery row. The roots of this lining out stock are pruned back heavily before planting, in the 
nursery row, to eliminate as far as possible all the old root, which causes undue sprouting or sucker- 
ing at the base of the tree for many years to come, after planting has been made in your orchard. 
However, we assure you that if suckers are properly taken off of the base of the tree in your orchard 
during the first ten years of rapid growth, you will have a grove more or less free from base sprout¬ 
ing. Do not be misled by unscrupulous nurserymen who state that their tip layered or transplanted 
filbert trees will grow an orchard free from suckers. It is not true. 
Include Nut Trees in Every Planting 
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