Another portion of the filbert orchards at Dorris Ranch in Springfield has been removed ahead of a replacement of those trees with a species more resistant to fungal infection. Dorris Ranch reopened ...

Last month, this column focused on the desirable characteristics of Christmas trees, one of which is good needle retention.

Three Turkish filbert trees were recently planted in a new landscape design on the south side of Spokane Falls Boulevard adjacent to Riverfront Park as part of exterior renovations for Wheatland Bank, ...

TACOMA – The teeth-rattling roar of a harvester is shattering the peace at Filbert Acres in Puyallup. The commotion erupts from a “hazelnut picker” that farmer Jonathan Nichols pulls through the rows ...

A gray minivan bumps down an unmarked lane one recent morning and pulls into what appears to be a neatly groomed, dormant orchard. On the sloping, one-acre plot stand 500 filbert trees, bushes really, ...

ROLESVILLE, N.C. -- A gray minivan bumps down an unmarked lane one recent morning and pulls into what appears to be a neatly groomed, dormant orchard. On the sloping, one-acre plot stand 500 filbert ...

SPRINGFIELD, ORE. — Out along the Willamette River, the forested groves of the Dorris Ranch are moist and quiet. Among the Douglas fir and big leaf maple, the incense cedar and black walnut, deer ...

This is part of a weekly series answering "Why is that?" questions about Salem and the Mid-Valley. The question: Why does the Oregon state nut have two names? We have the answer. But first, a little ...

During the early half of the 1900s, the prominent tree that was planted along our streets was the American Elm (Ulmus americana ). In the 1930s, Dutch Elm Disease was introduced into our country, and ...

Even the most practical-minded, fleece-pelted Oregonian could be persuaded that filbert sounds, to be kind, a little stodgy. As names go, perhaps it's better suited to a mild-mannered, bespectacled ...

The question: Why does the Oregon state nut have two names? We have the answer. But first, a little history. The background: Filbert trees and the name filbert are said to have been introduced into ...