RESULTS OF INVESTIGATING SOME HAZELNUT (CORYLUS AVELLANA L.) CULTIVARS IN ARID CONDITIONS

The study was conducted on pomological and technological properties of eight hazelnut cultivars in the arid conditions of eastern Serbia. The following properties were studied: size and mass of fruit and kernel, chemical contens of kernel and yields. Average fruit mass for all the cultivars studied was 1.98 g (1.53–2.60), kernel content was 43.7% (37.9–48.4), whereas oil content and yields per bush amounted to 61.7% (58.2–65.7%) and 2.76 kg (2.05 kg – 3.50 kg), respectively.