Also known as filberts. Self-rooted or layered trees are the equivalent of a grafted tree, but have the advantage of being grown on their own roots. They can be grown as a tree by suppression of suckers or as a multi-stemmed shrub. Growing hazelnuts as a shrub can make it easier to hand-harvest nuts as soon as they ripen, as they are ripe nearly a month before they drop. This may be necessary where jays and squirrels are common.
Self-rooted hazelnuts will begin bearing quickly, often within 2 years. Seedlings will take 3-6 years.
This tree has an upright pyramidal form 25 x 70 ft. Small, good tasting nuts, up to eight/cluster. Very winter hardy & disease resistant. Drought tolerant once established. Turkish Tree Hazels have beautiful wood; attractive, corky bark. Makes a good windbreak tree.
Newly available blight resistant variety for the shelled kernel market. Nuts blanch perfectly and are high yielding with good flavor and ripen early. Very good overall quality with few defects and almost no mold. Webster Hazelnut pollinates best with York, Felix, Yamhill, McDonald, and Halle's Giant, also compatible with Jefferson.
A short, spreading tree that is very productive of small, round nuts. Yamhill hazelnuts are early ripening and have the best kernel quality. Complete resistance to Eastern Filbert Blight. Pollinates with all listed varieties.
Resistant to multiple strains of Eastern Filbert Blight disease, found in the eastern U.S. Monmouth hazelnut is very productive. Round, thin shelled nuts are perfect for roasting and separate easily from the husk. They have a very high meat to shell ratio and good flavor. Pollinates best with Grand Traverse, Somerset, Raritan and The Beast.