center, while a fan blows the nuts around the tree into the next row. After sweeping in both directions, there is a row of nuts about a foot or so wide that will be picked up by the harvester in a second process. A filbert tree wants to grow as a bush, but has been pruned since its first year to grow as a tree; it is a constant and involved process. Also, the orchard floor is worked smooth and without weeds to prepare for this harvest method. This video was taken in 2008 in his fields on 99W ...