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Hazel wrote:
What is the likelyhood of me getting filbert (c.maxima) nuts, bought fresh
from the greengrocers , to germinate?

Fairly good. I don't think that radiation treatment is legal for
nuts.

Is the filbert self fertile?

Dunno but, if you are growing from seed, you can plant two or three.

Do they come true from the nut, I am thinking of the purple one here ?

Dunno but unlikely. Most such varieties come partially true, at best.
You could well end up with a lot of green, some tinted ones and a
very few purple ones. That is a wild guess, so could well be wrong
in this case.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.