hazelnuts/filberts

[Herb Stahlke]

My 94-year-old mother, who grew up in Detroit and St. Louis, calls them filberts.  I remember calling them filberts as a child in Michigan, but sometime since I changed to hazelnuts.

Herb Stahlke

<<< dumasb at UTK.EDU  6/29  6:03p >>>
"Peter A. McGraw" wrote:
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> Can anyone report the use of "filbert" outside of Oregon?

I knew filbert as a term in s.e. Texas in the 40s-50s.

Bethany