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Turkish filbert: Corylus maxima, Balkan peninsula; cultivated elsewhere for its nuts. Description Deciduous trees or shrubs; leaves alternate, simple, stipules soon falling. Inflorescence monoecious, male flowers in pendent catkins, female flowers in small, bud-like inflorescences. Fruit a large nut surrounded by more or less tubular involucre. Cultivation The European hazel is chiefly cultivated, the Turkish filbert to a lesser extent.

Roasting Chestnuts Facts In addition to the walnut itself, other important members are the butternuts, pecans, and hickories. Many florists carry room sprays of pine, cinnamon and other Christmassy aromas, and you can even find fresh chestnuts all year round at Girolami Farms in California (on the internet at GirolamiFarms dot com). The mighty tree, known scientifically as Castenea dentata, has been laid low by a fungus called Endothia parasitica, or, simply, chestnut blight. Black walnuts grow wild in the United States, but English walnuts do not. These trees are smaller than the American chestnut but are more resistant to blight. See also Chestnut Roaster, and pages related to Roasting Chestnuts.

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Stockton, CA 95212
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