Hazelnut (Corylus)

There are a lot of native hazelnut bushes all around the farm. Hera even lives  a hazel dormouse  (Muscardinus avellanarius) . 
We consider hazels as our main crop in coming years. There are planted several hazel cultivars like Cosford, Trapezonski (Trapezundski), Barselona (Barceloński), and Halė (Olbrzym z Halle). Hazel plantings was stgarted at 2022 and still continues. We got first nuts in 2025. 

Juglans nigra & Corylus americana, Companion planting of both species.

n autumn 2025 we started to create an agroforestry system of Black walnut in combination with American hazel (corylus americana). We try to mimic how they could grow at home.  It will be a linear planting, a tree alley along the farm
This project was started in autumn 2025 by bringing from Canada seeds of Juglans nigra from Domaine Joly-De Lotbinière, which is the most northern located black walnut population, planted in 1880 and 1968.
And a second crop- Corylus americana cultivar seeds we obtain from Grimo nursery..  All of them are part of the Upper Midwest Hazelnut Development Initiative (UMHDI) breeding program. They are cold-hardy hybrid hazelnuts developed for northern climates (Zones 4–6), with strong resistance to Eastern Filbert Blight (EFB) and good nut quality.

Turkish hazel (Corylus colurna)