Badgersett hazels at Oberlin College
Managed to stop in on my way back from the New York Nut Growers summer meeting; and was truly delighted to find the substantial research and demonstration planting of Badgersett hazel germplasm just outside the Oberlin Lewis Center for Environmental Studies - more than thriving. Please note- these plants were installed only 2.5 years ago ; all as standard tubelings, with about 8 clonal divisions for reference plants, including the G-029-N tissue culture clone. To my additional delight, they're running a chicken tractor in the hazels, with about 15 Lace Wyandottes providing a little nitrogen and soil service. The folks here, left to right, are Griff Radulsksi, Sean Hayes (Lewis Center Manager), and John Bergen. These plants were tubelings- just 2 and a half years ago. The tallest stems here have put on about 4 feet of new growth- so far- this year; Sean is 6 feet tall +. Many of the tubelings are putting on catkins for next year, now; usually an indication t...