OUR PLANTATION

Hazelwood, commonly known as hazelnut, is one of the oldest and the most appealing fruit-growing/harvesting/orchard plants. In the older ages, a hazelnut was hugely (being) widespread/exported on Polish soil and the hazelnuts made up a component of nourishment. In the natural state, hazelwood usually is a understorey of not too thickened forests - mainly leaved and mixed ones, rarely mixed ones. In addition to this, not only is hazelwood often situated among the shrubberies near the shores of rivers and lakes, but also on the flanks, on the brinks of woodlets, forests, gorges and wastelands of any kind.

In recent years, people have been busying themselves with large-scale fruit-growing cultivation of a hazelnut. The result was an obtainment of valuable, fruit-bearing types of a plant which were also more resistant for low temperatures. Thanks to that, commodity production of this plant developes on much bigger scale. Since 1987, I have been keeping such an orchard on my farm. Currently, its surface is 6,0 hectares (222,39 acre). Besides, I have been keeping a hazelnut nursery.

mgr inż. Bogdan Majchrzak (Master Engineer of Fruit Growing)

HAZELNUTS

SANDOMIERSKI (EARLY LONG)
Type of Italian ancestry. Brought to Poland in the middle ages. It is well adapted to the climatic conditions of Poland. The bush grows strongly, it has a spreading, weakly self-densing branches. Encasement of the nut is shorter than the nut. Full-grown nuts come out easily. Nuts of this type are big or medium, as far as their size is concerned. When it comes to its shape, these are elongated, columnar, nuts which are topped off with a cone. A core fills a nutshell not too tightly. It is one of the most growing types of hazelnuts that are cultivated in Poland. The nuts start to come out from pedicles already in the half of August. It is a fruitful type, one of the most valuable types for Polish climate.
BARCELONA
Type of Spanish ancestry (probably). Bush grows abundantly, it creates strongly self-densing branches. Encasement of the nut is much longer than the nut. During the time of ripening, it yellows and bends over. Nuts come out very easily. Nuts are large or very large, slightly oblate and irregularly crinkle-cut. It has a quite thick nutshell, entirely filled with a core. Nuts grow in the first half of September. A type is very fruitful, it enters the time of fruition very early.
CATALAN
Type of Spanish ancestry. Bush grows strongly, it creates occlusive, haughty, slightly self-densing branches. Encasement of the nut is approximate to the length of a nut. During the time of ripening, it bends over. Nuts come out easily. The nuts are big or very big. It has a quite thick nutshell. It has a huge core of sweet taste, but not always it fills a nutshell very well. Nuts grow in September. Very fruitful type, recommended for cultivation on a big scale.
HALLE (DAWNIEJ OLBRZYMI FROM HALLE)
Type of German ancestry. Bush grows strongly. Nuts are very huge, globular, topped off with a cone. A nutshell is thick, plain and shining. It has a huge, egg-shaped core which is also topped off with a cone. It fills a nutshell very well. Nuts grow in the second half of September or in the beginning of October. It is a good pollinator for ‘’Catalan’’ type. In addition to this, it is one of the most fruiful types.
COSFORD (COSWORTH)
Type of English ancestry. Bush of strong growth, haughty and well-knit branches. It has big, elongated, rolled nuts. A core fills a nutshell really well. It is juicy, delicate and very tasty, as well. Nuts are ripe in the 2nd or 3rd decade of September. The type enters the time of fruition early. Its big advantage is the ability to self-pollination. It is also a good pollinator for many cultivated types.
WEBBA (FORMERLY: ‘WEBBA CENNY’ [ENG. WEBBA REWARDING])
Type of English ancestry. Bush of medium strength of growth. Nuts are huge, elongated and slightly oblate. Encasement of the nut is much longer than the nuts. Nuts rarely come out from encasements, so one must shell them. A core fills a nutshell very well, it is juicy and sweet. Nuts are ripe in the second half of September or in the beginning of October. It enters the time of fruition very early. It bears fruit profusely every year. It is necessary to plant it on fertile soils and in insolated places which are covered from the wind.
TRUCHSESSA
A bush grows very strongly. It enters the time of fruition later than other types. It is a type whose hazelnuts are the biggest of cultivated ones in Poland. Nuts are very huge, they easily come out from pedicles. A core rarely fills a nutshell, it is usually smaller than that. It is a late type of hazelnut, its harvest is medium. Nuts are ripe in the half of October. It creates more male inflorescences, comparing to the other types. It is a valuable pollinator in commodity orchards. This type got used to Polish climatic conditions.
RED LEAF TYPES
For amateurish plantings, their harvest of hazelnuts is smaller, but it is also possible to use them as ornate bushes.

SEEDLINGS

For commodity production, hazelnut is reproduced vegetally. Only this way guarantees homogenous plant-based material that has the same characteristics as given types of plant from nursery. Reproduction of hazelnut on my farm is carried on exactly this way. I run this process by planar layerings.

Here are the following types of hazelnut that I have:

  • Catalan
  • Barcelona
  • Halle
  • Cosford (Cosworth)
  • Sandomierski (Early Long)
  • Webba (Webba Rewarding)
  • Truchsessa
  • Red leaf types

In the process of reproduction by plan ar layerings, I use a big tendency of hazelnut of putting down roots. Raised this way, one-year-old seedlings are planted in the nursery next year. The plant-based material for nursery has a very good system of roots. It is a perfect material for planting in the stationary place.

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Bogdan Majchrzak
Antonina 42A, 97-438 Rusiec
Tel. 600 615 996, Email: bogdan.64@wp.pl