Eta

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Eta is a hazelnut cultivar with an upright growth habit and 75% the size of Barcelona, offering high resistance to Eastern Filbert Blight. While not ideal as a main crop variety due to its small nut size, Eta is an excellent late-season pollinizer for cultivars like Jefferson, Clark, Ennis, and Casina.

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Eta is a hazelnut cultivar with an upright growth habit and 75% the size of Barcelona, offering high resistance to Eastern Filbert Blight. While not ideal as a main crop variety due to its small nut size, Eta is an excellent late-season pollinizer for cultivars like Jefferson, Clark, Ennis, and Casina.

Pricing | Inventory

  • 'Eta', tested as OSU 984.075, resulted from a cross of OSU 581.039 × OSU 553.090 by S.A. Mehlenbacher and D.C. Smith in 1999.

  • 'Eta' will produce trees that are 75% of Barcelona. 'Eta' trees have a more upright growth habit.

  • 'Eta' has a high resistance to Eastern Filbert blight.

  • 'Eta' roots abundantly from layer beds similar to 'Jefferson'. Rooted layers of 'Eta' are moderately vigorous, whereas those of 'Theta' are vigorous and similar in height and caliper to those of 'Barcelona'. It can also be produced from TC, Soft Wood Cuttings, and Suckering tie-off.

  • 'Eta' is not promising as a main crop variety because of small nut size and late maturity. 'Eta' provides excellent coverage late in the flowering season when little pollen is available from other pollenizers and cultivars. 'Eta' is a suitable pollinizer for 'Jefferson', 'Clark', 'Ennis', and 'Casina'.