Nuts ripen the third week of September and fall readily from the short, open husks. Shells are thin and kernels are clean and well developed. Ripening is in late September. G-14 is resistant to bud mite and has never been infected by hazel blight after 8 years of exposure. Tests have shown that Grand Traverse in an effective pollinator for G-14.
Kernels are well developed and light colored.
Nut shape is almost round. Nuts ripen in mid-September and fall free of the husk. Trees are resistant to bud mite and relatively resistant to hazel blight. One small blight lesion has been found on it after 8 years of exposure. 89 BI can be pollinated by Grand Traverse.