yields of fruit; therefore, we suggest that different varieties
be used in a planting. Barcelona, DuChilly, and the Jones Hybrids seem
to us well suited for this. Of course, there are others, but our
experience with varieties is limited.

When it comes to the soil for filberts, we find that a fairly rich soil
that has plenty of moisture is the best. Of course, the soil must drain
well because the roots of filberts seem to be very susceptible to poorly
drained soil conditions. If there is a lot of sand in the soil, give the
filberts more moisture and food because they are rapid growers.

So far, we have not had many complaints about filberts suffering from
winter injury. This may be due to the fact that so far Kentucky is not
using great quantities of these plants, or it may be due to the fact
that the varieties used have been reasonably hardy. The little winter
injury seen so far has been in the terminal twig growth, and removal of
these twigs in the spring has not meant altering the normal shape of the
plant.

I do not know whether there is any significance to it but the filberts
that have been fed by using well rotted manure applied in the fall and
spaded into the top four inches of soil next spring have made the best
growth and produced the most fruit.

So far the filberts that we have had experience with have been free from
insects and diseases. One never knows how long that condition will last.

Now, when it comes to discussing filberts as a food, all that I want to
say is that at Christmas time when you buy mixed nuts you usually get a
few of the filberts in the mixture. These nuts are good eating, and when
the plants are grown on the home grounds everyone who has them says they
are much enjoyed by all members of the family. Our experience has been
that filberts yield annually and, if given reasonable care, in good
amounts.

In conclusion we would like to say we feel there is not only a place for
filberts in landscape work, but there is an absolute need for greater
use of these plants especially in rural plantings. At present, the
professional landscape artists are not inclined to recommend them as
often as they could, simply because they have not been trained to think
of dual purpose plants. Greater publicity as to the value of these
plants would undoubtedly mean greater use of them.

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President Davidson: We also have a paper from Mr. Reed, which is of
quite a go