New-York tribune., 1904-10-30
THE HARVEST OF THE WOODS.
Where Hazel and Filhert Nuts Are Found In
Abundance Abroad.

Nurelng Ssne has arrived and visit 20 the vvoods
assures as says correspondent OF The Newcastle
SnrohIcle' that Wild nuts this year are almost as
plentiful as blackberries We do not turn them SO
readily account as the foreign peasants do rrhav
snip them 70 England in quantities and at the pres
enf time wild hazel nuts from France and Spain
are 10 oe seen In the wholesale markets In tbs
oio DAYS crowds OF village folk used to go out to
secure the harvest Of nuts that could be had Tor
the gathering OF recent years the nut planta-
tons have diminished in area, and the cultivation
o. giant hlberts and cob nuts by commercial fruit
growers, who raise them In tons and keep the mar
Aets Wen supplied. has caused the wild nut OF the
countryside 60 decline In popularity. In Kent just
now, the nut trees in the woods loaded with
u9iI ~ Never were they seen IN greater pToiusiOn
as the hazel, the blackberry and the crabappie.
so0ona: @ e., aet most % the cultivated fruit crops
exists as to the connection between the hazel and
ns s name fror hs SlfT @ IS yaFlety OF hazel Derry W
tringed hnsk and in con1radsstInction to closer
Asses the hazel nut was utilized in the preparation
the aino+ Eoy ors ~ ne snt Mey ma ma
o. naples, has been famous for s plantations and
WOODS Of hazel nuts. and enormous quantities are
ralstd lot export from this u ionic c,ntre ea,h
S1a ,b blossioiy there are more hazel nuts at this
he Anglo -SaXons called the hazel the -'cupnut-"
The cupnut Of earlier times was exceedingly plenI-
t9I ' sra popular In the old ildwoods and planta-
good aee 10 one car Sonb tEat n t Ss sre o.
historic period when the now submerged forests on
the coast OF West Somerset and those Of Torbau In
line the hazel trees grew Wild in the woods. and
yielded their fruits In profusion neoithc man.
II Inese submerged anu sunken forests the remains
oI the OAK, ash and beech tree have been found
donbtedv show jhat the haT6i SiiS 20 +5 sii s1 @
most wild fruit trees Of the prehistoric British
9piiag e oo+ The als cstkns appsa in September on
rof lg 500, zTo"th oI the previous year They do
the female blossoms coming o1t h February ard
pelPF IN run blow in April They are small and Of
tree Is thet it retains its foIiaT urtil frosts
I appeaE, he leaves furnish several contrasts IN
the sorrh-e green ~ the r--'-g tI-te. ee au+r-,r
advances they change TO pretty russet brown and
'ef au7onc peass-ts that the tree thrfves best IN
II succeeds IN many centres tr-oughout Fr,tain
NJ hest where Il obtains sufficient moisture
LnafFa Its roots shovd rest IN we'll drai7Ad soil
nher1 are several towns having the p-eax of hazel
~ dourt thet tEss vas S,e n the gaot that the
'o-al'rv vas o~rs fan-o-'e fn- thase nuf t-ees
s.,sv r-e W Ts~ 49, ne 'Tee 1re an i1seTeTr1g
rs: II Sue cnTlrs@ fN-se ~rN1 tNei~ ~o'1~o fe1I
the -'snv 70 -hf~h t'7e wool ~ razei tree
hSer mt y ,s I1tereetng 70 ote tha' thr ven
h7~v is tho1vh4 ~ hove had walls mode ~
w'+h rla~+e- T-'s 2 m - r,-r5-e heiorvs 70 the
-esf re-'oFe r-'.a'~ Nth
his form ~ wall nav nosshlv stl exist n country
d'~rr'r+S TIE ha7el rae he-n v~ed a divf~fne
20 10 r Vvsfer e-7e-s for years n-evto,s ~ yvht-h
tNe ~ rrA+al in earth II fH= zine ~
rr-ose sTa ~o-l =. e. a. :. - ern~eee the he,,eT
+raf thA wa-Ss Of Fosee nv D@o-'A as< ~ounsel
+l,e-7 ree,- fo 4re -,,-ecrrors ne ~ ~ heze7
e+ol n ,-s5 caacS e7te-+s vra~a coated -+t sugar
--6 note~ 5A~sort The FLa-i nhvelr5an 70 me
Frrnch knr writ'ns or die+Htios sc-,-1erd@ & he
wla ere VALVES ,-o7ti7e-+o1 ~ourt~iee hetre
~etf-e-eS ar6 sfo~"d fnr nc" - food Now of the
aFrir'''+r~al lohor5ne nonuatlo"e " FrarHe ft9'v
S7>in maize ooror'A'e ro~a1s ~ h~Nad. hUt+e-
ord nuts az thrlve ,,:or he 1ist a71szTgiIg @ ~
come 10 q larger size than they Go here.