Type of hazelnut tree identification

[EarthSpiritPeace]

Hello,

 

 Two years ago, I transplanted two hazelnut saplings. They have taken root and growing well. 

 

Ideally, I would love for them to develop hazelnuts and I am learning about cross-pollination to achieve this. They both look identical and I understand the same species can't cross-pollinate.

 

From these pictures what species of hazelnut do you believe them to be? (Common Hazel ? Turkish filbert?) 

With that confirmed, what other species shall I introduce to cross-pollinate with them?  In the fourth picture shared, you can see a hole I have dug ready to add another hazelnut species to aid cross-pollination.

 

 

Edited August 16, 2022 by EarthSpiritPeace

[daltontrees]

the fluted bark looks like turkish.

nut production is a whole different thing from native stock. Look up cob nut. Considered a pollutant of gene purity in the world of Corylus, I believe.

[sime42]

I don't think Turkish Hazel is much good from a nut perspective. They're planted round here as street and park trees. I was quite hopeful of a good harvest the first time I saw them but was disappointed on closer inspection. The nuts are small and very hard, not much nut to shell ratio at all.

They make attractive small trees nonetheless.

 

[Stere]

Turkey produces loads of hazel nuts for export so think they might be decent? Maybe there are different cultivars etc?

 

Hazelnut production in Turkey - Wikipedia

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Hazelnut production in Turkey is important as Turkey cultivates and processes most of the world's hazelnuts. According to several sources, it has a market share between 70 and 80% of the worldwide hazelnut production.

 

 

[sime42]

1 hour ago, Stere said:

Turkey produces loads of hazel nuts for export so think they might be decent? Maybe there are different cultivars etc?

 

Hazelnut production in Turkey - Wikipedia

EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG

 

 

 

Ummm, interesting. Maybe there are different cultivars of Turkish Hazel, some larger so worth harvesting. Or they're actually cultivating some type of common hazel for harvest in Turkey.

 

Hazel - Wikipedia

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This is a bit like walnuts. We only see one type in this country, the "standard" large edible variety. But if you go to China you can see loads of different types, ranging in size from peas to small oranges. The smaller ones are used for decoration or trinkets, the same with hard larger ones. There's one type that is big with a really thin shell that you can open by squeezing between thumb and finger.

 

[coppice cutter]

Maybe I was lucky but when planting my woodland I only used bog standard corylus avellana, think they were about 80p per plant back then, and all from the same supplier.

 

First got a few nuts about four years ago, with more and more bushes producing every year since until this year where there are nuts everywhere you look.

 

I wasn't even aware there were issues with cross-pollination?

[sime42]

46 minutes ago, coppice cutter said:

Maybe I was lucky but when planting my woodland I only used bog standard corylus avellana, think they were about 80p per plant back then, and all from the same supplier.

 

First got a few nuts about four years ago, with more and more bushes producing every year since until this year where there are nuts everywhere you look.

 

I wasn't even aware there were issues with cross-pollination?

Dont you get problems with squirrels? Every tree I see with any traces of nuts has nearly always been savaged by the little cnuts!

[coppice cutter]

1 hour ago, sime42 said:

Dont you get problems with squirrels? Every tree I see with any traces of nuts has nearly always been savaged by the little cnuts!

Not so far, I planted it in the heart of a 100% agricultural area and seldom see a grey. I find lots of nuts on the woodland floor during late winter/early spring which have a little perfectly round hole on the top of them which apparently is mice so they seem to be the main beneficiary to date.

 

 

 

[sime42]

28 minutes ago, coppice cutter said:

Not so far, I planted it in the heart of a 100% agricultural area and seldom see a grey. I find lots of nuts on the woodland floor during late winter/early spring which have a little perfectly round hole on the top of them which apparently is mice so they seem to be the main beneficiary to date.

 

 

 

Result, sounds like you've got off lightly. If it's Dormice then they're welcome to the nuts I reckon. They need all the help they can get, poor little blighters.

 

 

[coppice cutter]

Well it's bound to be some sort of outdoorsy type of mouse, so that'll do me.

 

Was quite happy when I figured out what had been eating them, just another indication of bringing new life to what was previously a relatively sterile area.