This publication provides guidelines for purchasing and propagating planting stock. It describes simple layering, tie-off layering, grafting, and cuttings.
Getting tree seedlings into the ground is simple: green side up, brown side down. The most important work comes beforehand with proper care and choosing a site that has lots of sunshine, good drainage and room to grow.
This publication gives a brief introduction to hazelnuts, which are sometimes called filberts. It provides an overview of hazelnut history, growth and production, geographic distribution, and hazelnut industry organizations.
Longer, hotter summers and changing climatic conditions means that many of our newly planted native forest seedlings are stressed. Should you water native forest tree seedlings to help them make it through?
This publication includes tables that summarize characteristics of the main hazelnut varieties produced in the United States, lists varieties' susceptibility to eastern filbert blight, and shows varieties' compatibility with each other for pollination.
Jeff L. Olsen, Shawn Mehlenbacher, Rebecca L. McCluskey, David Smith |
Nov 2013 |
Extension Catalog publicationPeer reviewed (Orange level)
This publication provides a glossary of botanical terms related to hazelnut pollination and describes the flower and nut development process, pollination, and related issues.