Jefferson
Variety of Hazelnut · Corylus avellana
EFB-resistant Barcelona successor with large, round kernels - Oregon's current leading cultivar.
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9🇺🇸 USA 2009
Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildnutty
Profile
- Parentage
- OSU 252.146 x OSU 414.062 (Barcelona-Verwandtschaft)
- Breeder
- Oregon State University (S.A. Mehlenbacher)
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
- Fruit weight
- 3.8 g
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Large, round nut with pale shell and blanchable kernel; excellent processing quality.
Growth
Moderately vigorous, upright; late-blooming female flowers.
Yield
High, regular yields; recommended as a Barcelona replacement.
Notes
Resistant to Eastern Filbert Blight (carries the 'Gasaway' resistance gene).
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