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[Lee Reich <leeareich@gmail.com>]

I highly recommend the hazelnut varieties from Oregon State university 
breeding program. In my experience, after almost 10 years, the plants have 
done well in the colder part of Zone 5 here in NY's Hudson Valley and the 
nuts are large and tasty. The only problem is squirrels, which I control by 
letting the field vegetation grow high in a wide swathe around my planting 
and with traps, a pellet gun, two dogs, and two cats.

Lee Reich, PhD
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Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden
Landscaping with Fruit
Grow Fruit Naturally

On Oct 25, 2012, at 7:04 PM, Charles Rhora wrote:

> Further to your e-mail, re squirrel problem with hazelnuts, we handle a
> solid state Electronic pest repeller which covers an area up to 3500 square
> feet, and we use it control squirrels, mice, etc. from our nursery and also
> around other nut bearing trees.  As, it is solid state, it uses minimal
> electricity is built for outdoor usage.  Runs on about 30 cents a month for
> electrical consumption.  It is adjustable for sound as you live in a
> suburbia area, but it does emit an ultra sound frequency which disturbs the
> critters, but will not be noticeable to the human ear or pets.  For further
> information please  contact us.
> 
> 
> Charles Rhora,
> Rhora's Nut Farm & Nursery
> 
> www.nuttrees.com
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of mIEKAL aND
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 4:52 PM
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> Subject: Re: [nafex] off-topic: Hazelnuts
> 
> I have 30 or 40 of them going. They have a lot of wild genetics so the nuts
> are fairly small and mine too 7 years even to begin bearing any nuts....  He
> has an amazing research field planting greenhouse set up that is well worth
> visiting.
> 
> ~mIEKAL
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:58 PM, Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:
>> Does anyone have experience with Badgersett hazel nuts? They aren't really
> fruits, so it might be best to answer off-list. I am in eastern MA, zone 6,
> and have a lot of granite ledge. I am wondering if they might be nice for
> the shrubby border between my property and the next one over. I doubt they'd
> get enough light to put out much of a crop, but I have an abundance of
> squirrels, so even if they did, I wouldn't harvest many. If I got a nut from
> time to time, it would be fun. I was thrilled with my harvest of 3 dozen
> apples this year, from a mature tree that is usually stripped by squirrels
> before the fruits ripen.
>> 
>> (I live 1/3 acre in suburbia, and have little kids nearby. Shooting 
>> squirrels is not an option.)
>> 
>> thanks,
>> Ginda
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