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State of Virginia, lead him to believe that with the material that is at
present available from nurserymen, there is not much hope of successful
commercial filbert culture in the State of Virginia. When, however,
seedlings 1667 and 2336 may become available, two varieties that are
hardy and productive of fairly high quality nuts may provide material
for home plantings or for local markets.

_Ornamental Value._ The filbert, however, also has possible value for
ornamental plantings with its attractive foliage, or as a hedge, as well
as for nut production, providing the home owner will control insects and
diseases and maintain favorable growing conditions for our best known
varieties.

_Future Outlook in Virginia._ With a further breeding program to combine
the hardiness of the American hazel and its tolerance to Filbert Blight
with some of the better qualities of the European and other species to
obtain self-fertile varieties better adapted to Virginia conditions and
with the better insecticides and fungicides now becoming available for
insect and disease control, it may be that filbert growing in Virginia
has a brighter future outlook than now appears to be true.

[Footnote 19: Tree Nuts, Acreage, Production, Farm Disposition, Value,
and Utilization of Sales, 1909-45. USDA Bureau of Agr. Eco. Crop Rept.
Brd.: 1-25 Oct. 1947.]

[Footnote 20: Rush, itself, is now considered a natural hybrid of
American and European filberts. Many of the European varieties are
derived from hybrids between +C. avellana+, +C. maxima+, and possibly other
Eurasian species.--Ed.]

[Footnote 21: Now located at Erie, Ill.--Ed.]

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President Davidson: Thank you, Dr. Overholser. We have a paper from Mr.
Elliott. Mr. Elliott is not here, but we are already behind our program,
so I am afraid you are going to have to have that in printed form later
on.

Filberts for Food and Looks in Kentucky

N. R. ELLIOTT, Extension Landscape Specialist,
Department of Horticulture,
University of Kentucky

Those of us interested in the landscape phase are always thinking of as
many different kinds of plants as possible that may be used to create
pleasing effects. Perhaps we might be criticized for overlooking several
plants that would not only assist in creating pleasing effects but at
the same time produce edible fruits of good quality. In my own
experience I have often recommended the use of grap