are hazelnuts the same as filberts
Filberts are the same as hazelnuts. There are more than 3,755,000 hazelnut trees in Oregon, worth $49.5 million, grown on 30,000 acres, mostly in western Oregon. Most of Oregon's hazelnuts are grown in the Willamette Valley from Eugene, north to Vancouver, Wash. Some are also grown in British Columbia. The United States produces about only about 3 percent of the world's hazelnuts. In part, due to very high land prices, most of the hazelnut orchards are small organic farms. Many of the growers have integrated operations from growing to value added products. Their variety of products is impressive – and tasty! The Fraser River Valley is an amazingly beautiful area. Ripe hazelnuts. Hazelnut is the nut of the hazel and therefore includes any of the nuts deriving from species of the genus Corylus, especially the nuts of the species Corylus avellana. It is also known as cobnut or filbert nut according to species. Rich has been active in the hazelnut industry for over 40 years. He served as President of the Nut Society in 1979, was Nut Grower of the year in 1988 and has served on the Hazelnut Commission for over 12 years. In many industry meetings you will see him up front sharing his experience. In 1978, Willamette Filbert Growers, Inc. was established in Newberg. The harvesting of hazelnuts is done either by hand or by manual or mechanical raking of fallen nuts. Common hazel is widely cultivated for its nuts, including in commercial orchards in Europe, Turkey, Iran and the Caucasus. The name hazelnut applies to the nuts of any of the species of the genus Corylus. This hazelnut, the kernel of the seed, is edible and used raw or roasted, or ground into a paste. The seed has a thin, dark brown skin, which has a bitter flavour and is sometimes removed before cooking. In Europe the hazelnut is mainly grown as a bush or multi-trunked shrubby tree. In Oregon, growers primarily raise hazelnuts as a single-trunked tree that grows 50 to 60 feet tall. A few of our orchards have multi-trunked trees. Hazelnut production per acre varies considerably from year to year. During the month of August, we prepare the Filbert orchard floor for harvesting the hazelnuts. All season we have been spraying out the weeds and suckers in the tree rows, so they are pretty much clean at this point. We take one last time through with sucker spray just before the nuts fall. The BC hazelnut growers, about 800 acres total, are facing the same Eastern Filbert Blight issues that have concerned Oregon growers, they are just about 10 years behind us. Due to import restrictions, they are having to start the new varieties in-vitro. Gluten-Free. Kosher. I've been getting raw macadamia nuts, filberts, Brazil nuts and almonds and making a snack mix for work for years now. Most days I don't have time to have an actual lunch so I just grab a handful of my mix and it takes care of the growling beast in my belly:) And it's super yummy too. Enjoy our delectable raw no shell hazelnuts. Perfect for on-the-go or as a mid-afternoon snack, our natural hazelnuts (filberts) are high in protein and low in fat. Mix these raw nuts with many of our other raw nut selections to create your very own trail mix!
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