Hazelnut, also known as mountain chestnut, sharp chestnut or whip, is a deciduous shrub or small tree of the genus Hazel in the family Birchaceae, with a height of about 1-7 m. Hazelnut's fruits are yellowish-brown, close to spherical, with a diameter of 0.7-1.5 cm, and ripen in September-October. Hazelnut is the international best-selling valuable dried fruit, but also one of the world's four major dried fruits (walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews), and has the "King of Nuts" reputation

Hazelnut strains are many, but at present our country's most important and most widely planted to belong to the flat European hybrid large-fruited hazelnut, what is the flat European hybrid large-fruited hazelnut? First we have to start from the wild hazelnut. The main varieties of wild hazelnut in China are flat hazelnut and hazelnut. These two kinds of hazelnut wild in China's Yellow River, Qinling north of the region. It is cold-resistant, strong adaptability, in the winter snow cover, the temperature will be as low as -48 ℃ of low temperature places can survive. And China began artificial cultivation of the earliest introduction is a more common in the international cultivation of ---- European hazelnut.

After continuous experimental research, we will be the European hazelnut and hazelnut cross, also formed a suitable for China's cultivation of flat European hybrid large-fruited hazelnut. Flat European hybrid hazelnut is China's most common and most important strain, it also has a lot of different varieties, according to the main characteristics of each variety of species and selecting cultivation.

Flat-topped yellow

Flat-topped yellow is named for the yellow-brown bottom of its fruit. Its nuts are oblate, large, average single fruit weight of 2.4 grams, kernel rate of 41%, the kernel is full, more polished, good flavor, top quality. Flat top yellow can be planted everywhere, the most suitable for the northeast.

David

David is a hybrid hazelnut cultivated area of a larger variety, it is a large nut, oblong, reddish-brown. The average single fruit weight of 2.5 grams, usually full of nuts, polished, unique flavor, quality. Davy's variety is suitable for planting all over the country.

Thin shell red

Thin shell red fruit is conical, reddish-brown, a single fruit is larger, beautiful, thin shell. The kernel yield is high, 45.9%.

Golden bell

Look at this fruit is not like a bell ah, it is the golden bell, look at a golden yellow, oblong, not to say really a little similar.

Jade Pendant

Take a look at the Jade Pendant, which has a round, dark red nut, with an average single fruit weight of 2.04 grams, and a smooth, full kernel.