. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Filbert tree five years old, showing liush form. I-'ilbert tree five years old, showing tree form. with the jaybirds and the squirrels. Forty-nine of these trees are alive to- day, a remarkable record for longevity, for a fruit tree without care or atten- tion. Apparently, therefore, there is no need to consider the matter of pro- ductive age when discussing filbert culture. The word filbert is a corruption of the old English appellation "fuUbeard" given to the cultivated hazelnut be- cause of the long husk which protects the nuts of some varieties. Fil
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. Filbert tree five years old, showing liush form. I-'ilbert tree five years old, showing tree form. with the jaybirds and the squirrels. Forty-nine of these trees are alive to- day, a remarkable record for longevity, for a fruit tree without care or atten- tion. Apparently, therefore, there is no need to consider the matter of pro- ductive age when discussing filbert culture. The word filbert is a corruption of the old English appellation "fuUbeard" given to the cultivated hazelnut be- cause of the long husk which protects the nuts of some varieties. Filbert cul- ture has been an established factor in the agriculture of parts of Southern Europe for generations, namely, in the Province of Tarragon, Spain, Corsica, Sicily and Southern France. In a smaller way it is cultivated in Ger- many and England. Millions of pounds of filberts are imported from Europe, yet it is said that there is not a ten-acre grove to be found in all of France or Italy. Nut trees, including the walnut, are grown as a secondary crop in the countryside of Southern Europe, being planted along the fence rows and on the steep hillsides, where other crops can- not be raised. All attempts to cultivate the filbert commercially in the eastern part of the United States have failed, but from the beginning the plantings in Western Oregon and Washington have been suc- cessful. Horticidturists know that cer- tain fruits of Western Europe thrive in the Western part of America, but do not grow well in the East. The European grape is another example. Such varie- ties as are represented by the Tokay have never been produced in a com- mercial way along the Atlantic Coast, but on the Pacific Slope attain a perfec- tion difficult to surpass even in Europe. Over twenty years ago Mr. A. A. Quarnburg, the veteran fruit grower of Vancouver, began experimenting with the filbert to test its adaptability under Western conditions. He secured many varieties from various sources throu
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