As the cobnut is really a type of filbert-which has the husk shorter than the nut-I am dealing with them both under one heading. These nuts grow well on almost any soil, though they probably do best on light land because under such conditions they make less strong growth, with the result that they crop better.
Because they flower early, they appreciate protection against the north and northeast winds, plus an open sunny situation. They are usually propagated by the layering of the two-year-old wood in the autumn and the trees grow well on their own roots.
At the moment of writing I have no knowledge of the grassing down of the soil underneath the nut trees. I have always grown my nuts on land that is very lightly cultivated in the summer for the purpose of keeping down weeds.
The trees are grown as cup-shaped bushes on stems 15 inches high. These trees are usually bought as two-year-olds and are planted 15 feet apart, preferably in November. The young trees are pruned very much in the same way as apples, only perhaps they are more basin- shaped. They should have about seven branches and in the first few years the leaders are cut back by about half to just above an outward pointing bud.
The varieties Prunus amygdalus macrocarpa and Prunus amygdalus dukis produce practically no hydrocyanic acid and they have a mild nutty flavour, being quite innocuous.
It is the varieties .Prunus amygdalus amara, Prunus amygdalus pollardii, Prunus temella, and Prunus amygdalo-persica, which produce dangerous proportions of hydrocyanic acid. Grow, prune and treat as for Peaches. It very much depends on the weather how these trees yield. So often their blossoms are cut by the frost that few nuts appear. But in the years when there is a nice mild spring, the almond trees may bear quite heavily and those who bother to grow them discover that the nuts are an attractive and nutritious fruit. - 15266
Because they flower early, they appreciate protection against the north and northeast winds, plus an open sunny situation. They are usually propagated by the layering of the two-year-old wood in the autumn and the trees grow well on their own roots.
At the moment of writing I have no knowledge of the grassing down of the soil underneath the nut trees. I have always grown my nuts on land that is very lightly cultivated in the summer for the purpose of keeping down weeds.
The trees are grown as cup-shaped bushes on stems 15 inches high. These trees are usually bought as two-year-olds and are planted 15 feet apart, preferably in November. The young trees are pruned very much in the same way as apples, only perhaps they are more basin- shaped. They should have about seven branches and in the first few years the leaders are cut back by about half to just above an outward pointing bud.
The varieties Prunus amygdalus macrocarpa and Prunus amygdalus dukis produce practically no hydrocyanic acid and they have a mild nutty flavour, being quite innocuous.
It is the varieties .Prunus amygdalus amara, Prunus amygdalus pollardii, Prunus temella, and Prunus amygdalo-persica, which produce dangerous proportions of hydrocyanic acid. Grow, prune and treat as for Peaches. It very much depends on the weather how these trees yield. So often their blossoms are cut by the frost that few nuts appear. But in the years when there is a nice mild spring, the almond trees may bear quite heavily and those who bother to grow them discover that the nuts are an attractive and nutritious fruit. - 15266
