[lit-ideas] Re: Eliot (and Oregon as Suburb)
- From: Judy Evans <judithevans001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2005 13:23:50 +0100
Sunday, June 5, 2005, 4:27:39 AM, Robert Paul wrote:
RP> Here is what the Official Oregon Guide to Edible Nuts and Fungi, has
RP> to say:
It says hazelnuts and filberts aren't the same:
RP> 'The first hazelnut tree planted in 1858 in Oregon's Umpqua Valley by an
RP> English sailor, Sam Strictland. The tree grew and thrived.
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RP> 'Around 1885 Felix Gillet, a French horticulturist, introduced the
RP> Barcelona variety.
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RP> 'The shell is smooth and round, like a Roman helmet. Each shell holds
RP> a plump, sweet kernel. It is related to the Filbert.
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RP> but from 30,000 feet, all nuts look pretty much the same.
I suspect you're growing hazelnuts; they all look much the same
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