During the early half of the 1900s, the prominent tree that was planted along our streets... Turkish Filbert a good, clean tree for landscape Midland Daily News Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Doug Beghtel / THE OREGONIANTom Peter is a hazel nut farmer near Canby. He and his family farm about 250 acres. This year's crop is beginning to fall as harvest in mid September approaches. Even ...

A gray minivan bumps down an unmarked lane one recent morning and pulls into what appears to be a neatly groomed, dormant orchard. On the sloping, one-acre plot stand 500 filbert trees, bushes real… ...

On the sloping, one-acre plot stand 500 filbert trees, bushes really, that produce hazelnuts. It's harvest time. But no one is here for the nuts. ...

The filbert trees, more commonly known as hazelnut trees, are one of the most fascinating and unusual parts of the park. Although planted in meticulously neat rows, each tree is a tangled mess of ...

The project to replace about 6,000 total trees at Dorris Ranch is expected to take between 20 and 25 years and cost around $500,000.

During the induction, the nonprofit will add tags to filbert trees (there are about 700 that are unclaimed so far) that have the runner’s name, date and venue where they beat the time, and the time.

I grow just three filbert trees in my front garden. So far, only one is a decent producer. This past warm summer was good to this one tree and now I have a huge bowl of nuts that I need to roast.

The background: Filbert trees and the name filbert are said to have been introduced into Oregon by early French settlers in what we know as the French Prairie area, north of Salem.