CHARACTERISTICS OF WINTER BUDS AND BEARING WOOD IN HAZELNUT

Vegetative and mixed female buds as well as catkins were present on 1-year-old hazel growths at rest period. According to the presence of buds and catkins on 1-year-old growths, the following categories of the bearing wood were distinguished in hazelnut: female bearing twigs, mixed bearing twigs and male twigs. The structure of these growths appearing on the hazel tree seemed to be the characteristic of a cultivar, nevertheless such a structure could considerably be affected by ecological factors and applied agricultural practices.