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Red-twig dogwood and Harry Lauder's walkingstick Corylus avellana 'Contorta' branches add structure and interest to bouquets.
Say it with your own arrangement - or cutting garden - of flowers Joel M. Lerner 2011
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Since the drastic decline in the craft of coppicing, the hazel (Corylus avellana) has become rather a forgotten tree.
A life less ordinary: Tobias Jones Tobias Jones 2010
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The common hazel, Corylus avellana, makes a multitasking hedge.
Plant of the week: Corylus avellana Lia Leendertz 2010
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Among the shrubs are Crataegus monogyna, Euonimus europea, Cornus mas, C. sanguinea, Rhamnus frangula, R. catharctica, Viburnum opulus, Berberis vulgaris, Hippophae rhamnoides, Tamarix spp. and occasional Corylus avellana.
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The site is the northern limit for some 40 plants, some which are relicts of earlier slightly warmer conditions, including oak Quercus robur, linden Tilia cordata, Norway maple Acer platanoides and hazel Corylus avellana.
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Corylus avellana and C. maxima are native to temperate Eurasia and were widely exploited in prehistoric times for their nuts and rapidly produced shoots, which were used as walking sticks and a surface for marshy ground.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Corylus avellana and C. maxima are native to temperate Eurasia and were widely exploited in prehistoric times for their nuts and rapidly produced shoots, which were used as walking sticks and a surface for marshy ground.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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I have a few of the real, original _avellana_ type I think got there by accident.
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I will, however, say that plants raised from seed should never be planted for fruit bearing unless they are grafted or budded, as it has been fully and positively proven that plants raised from seed, even if the very finest nuts of our European hybrids are planted, will not produce nuts as good as those planted, but will almost invariably go back to the original type, the _Corylus avellana_.
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However, I have grafted on the _Corylus avellana_.
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