'Monmouth' demonstrates very high EFB tolerance (through quantitative resistance), moderately vigorous with a slightly spreading growth habit.  Comes in a 2 gallon pot, plant is 1-3ft.

Yield: High-yielding

Nuts: Medium (12-14mm), round, and ~52% kernel by weight

Bloom time: Early in NJ; sometimes as early as late December! Due to this, Rutgers University has begun recommending this tree as a pollinizer more than a production tree.

Nut abscission (when they fall to the ground): First half of September

Compatible pollinizers: ‘Raritan’, 'Somerset', ‘The Beast' ™, ‘Gene’, and ‘Grand Traverse’

Works cited: E368: Choosing Plants for a Hazelnut Orchard in New Jersey (Rutgers NJAES). (n.d.). Njaes.rutgers.edu. https://njaes.rutgers.edu/e368/

Photos courtesy of Dr. Tom Molnar