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Hazelnuts represent one of the oldest used species of nut-bearing plants. From 8,000 to 5,000 BC, this single plant accounted for 75% of all pollen produced as found in peat bogs. Like wild blueberries, single colonies extended for miles. Ancient rites often used hazelnuts as a means to receive visions or clairvoyance. The first divining rods were said to be made of filbert and were considered the best to find veins of ore, treasures and water. Healers used the nuts as a symbol of fertility. When the “Ice Man” was found in Austria, his backpack frame was made of hazel wood. Because it is extremely durable and light, the straight and strong whips of a hazel bush were used for arrow shafts by the Native Americans. Early doctors for toothache used the oil of hazelnut. Hazelnuts attract a wide range of birds and mammals. Deer and bear will eat the husk and all. The high protein catkins supply a winter food source for grouse, quail and woodcock. Turkey, red squirrel and blue jays especially enjoy the nuts. Hazelnuts are rich in protein and fats. Hazelnuts were the preferred food of the early theatre patrons during Shakespeare plays. Hazelnuts are the most important temperate nut worldwide in terms of uses-past and present. |
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"Precocious" Hazelnut — Corylus x hybrid
Precocious Hazelnuts combines a mixture of American and European hazelnut species to create a more disease and insect-immune seedling strain with high yields and larger nuts. In the process we found the flavor of... |
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American Hazelnut — Corylus americana
This native species is the most adaptable and reliable nut-bearing plant in North America. Immune to filbert blight and bud mite. Resistant to frost in full flower, even when the temperatures drop into the low 20... |
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Beaked Hazel — Corylus cornuta
Beaked hazel is the most northern nut bush found growing across North America from Quebec to British Columbia. Beaked hazel is one of the few nut species able to tolerate extreme cold temperatures plus thrive in ... |
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Cultural Suggestions
Hazelnuts can grow in a wide range of soils from clay loams to pure sand. Best in slightly acidic soils. Plants can withstand light shading and still be productive. Older canes can be removed every 5-10 years whe... |
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Ecos American Hazelnut — Corylus americana ECOS
Strain specifically selected for highest productivity, larger nut size or thinner shell. The resultant seedlings exhibit excellent yields, often bending the branches to the ground. Primarily we collect from the m... |
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Ken's Select Hazelnut — Corylus x hybrida
Selected from the most compact, productive and highest yielding plants, Kens Select Hazelnuts are handpicked from a limited number of plants with the best flavor and disease resistance. Even though nut size may b... |
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Trazel — Corylus avellana x colurna Ecos
These are crosses between the mega tree Turkish tree hazel and the European Filbert. Our Ecos selections tend to be small multistemmed trees 15-30 ft. tall. Production begins in 6-10 years. Trees are usually pyri... |
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