NEW JERSEYHazelnuts at Rutgers Hort Farm 3 in East BrunswickThomas Molnar, Associate Professor at the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, concentrates on the genetic improvement and study of hazelnuts. Hazelnuts are currently only produced commercially in the United States in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. However, research and breeding at Rutgers is changing this scenario. September 6, 2018, East Brunswick , NJBob Karp/Staff PhotographerHazelnuts vacuumed up at Rutgers Hort Farm 3 in East Brunswick. Hazelnuts are currently only produced commercially in the United States in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. However, research and breeding at Rutgers is changing this scenario. September 6, 2018, East Brunswick , NJBob Karp/Staff PhotographerA handful of ripe hazelnuts at Rutgers Hort Farm 3 in East Brunswick. Hazelnuts are currently only produced commercially in the United States in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. However, research and breeding at Rutgers is changing this scenario. September 6, 2018, East Brunswick , NJBob Karp/Staff PhotographerRipe hazelnuts waiting to fall off the tree at Rutgers Hort Farm 3 in East Brunswick. Hazelnuts are currently only produced commercially in the United States in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. However, research and breeding at Rutgers is changing this scenario. September 6, 2018, East Brunswick , NJBob Karp/Staff PhotographerField Researcher Tech Emil Milan uses a hazelnut harvester to vacuum up hazelnuts at Rutgers Hort Farm 3 in East Brunswick. Hazelnuts are currently only produced commercially in the United States in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. However, research and breeding at Rutgers is changing this scenario. September 6, 2018, East Brunswick , NJBob Karp/Staff PhotographerField Researcher Tech Emil Milan uses a hazelnut harvester at Rutgers Hort Farm 3 in East Brunswick. Hazelnuts are currently only produced commercially in the United States in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. However, research and breeding at Rutgers is changing this scenario. September 6, 2018, East Brunswick , NJBob Karp/Staff PhotographerThomas Molnar, Associate Professor at the Department of Plant Biology and Pathology, concentrates on the genetic improvement and study of hazelnuts. Hazelnuts are currently only produced commercially in the United States in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. However, research and breeding at Rutgers is changing this scenario. September 6, 2018, East Brunswick , NJBob Karp/Staff PhotographerField Researcher Tech Emil Milan uses a hazelnut harvester to vacuum up hazelnuts at Rutgers Hort Farm 3 in East Brunswick. Hazelnuts are currently only produced commercially in the United States in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. However, research and breeding at Rutgers is changing this scenario. September 6, 2018, East Brunswick , NJBob Karp/Staff PhotographerField Researcher Tech Emil Milan rides a Chianchia hazelnut harvester at Rutgers Hort Farm 3 in East Brunswick. Hazelnuts are currently only produced commercially in the United States in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. However, research and breeding at Rutgers is changing this scenario. September 6, 2018, East Brunswick , NJBob Karp/Staff PhotographerHazelnuts on the ground at Rutgers Hort Farm 3 in East Brunswick. Hazelnuts are currently only produced commercially in the United States in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. However, research and breeding at Rutgers is changing this scenario. September 6, 2018, East Brunswick , NJBob Karp/Staff Photographer