Filbert response from native Oregonian

[A. Maberry]

I located this page in relation to the filbert (in my experience,
cultivated) versus wild variety (hazelnut). In its favor, this
webpage is from down home in Oregon:

http://www.orst.edu/food-resource/kelsey/egan.html

Allen
maberry at u.washington.edu

On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Nancy Elliott wrote:

> Filbert/Hazelnut response forwarded from a multigeneration-native of Oregon,
> age 37:
>
>
> Kay Hilton <kayhilton at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> My mom says that filberts
> and hazelnuts are the same nut and that "east coasters" brought the term
> "Hazelnut" to the west.  When she was growing up in Oregon, people only said
> "Filbert".  I have since read an article that says there is a difference
> between the two nuts - two varieties of the same family.  Now it is
> fashionable to call all of the these "Hazelnuts" so I'm not sure who is
> right!  My mom stubbornly insists that they are all "Filberts"!
>