FILBERT TRIVIA
The filbert or hazelnut (Corylus maxima), blooms and pollinates in the middle of the winter. These trees can keep producing nuts for several hundred years.
The hazelnut, is also called 'filbert'. One theory of the origin of the name 'filbert' is that it comes from St. Philibert, a 7th century Frankish abbot, whose feast day is August 20, which happens to be in the middle of the nutting season in Europe.
Hazel is the older European name.
The hazelnut, also known as the filbert, is Oregon's official state nut.
The first commercial filbert orchard in the state of Oregon was the Dorris Ranch in Springfield.
There are 903 people in the U.S. listed on whitepages.com with the last name 'Filbert'
(Mark Morton, 'Gastronomica', Fall 2010)
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