The invention is a new and distinct variety of Corylus plant named ‘StapN7-6’ that is characterized by its yield of up to nine nuts per cluster (average 4.1/cluster) on terminal stems that are primarily visible outside of the plant's foliage, its relatively medium plant stature and highly suckering and sprawling form, its mid-to late season maturing nut season; maturing in late August to early September in Minnesota, its moderately high nut yields of 294 g of kernel/plant, an average shell-out rate of 34% and an average kernel weight of 0.56 g, its average Modal in-shell nut diameter of 1.6 cm with an average kernel diameter of 1.1 cm, its kernels that are relatively clean of skin and fiber, its in-shell nut sphericity of 91 and a kernel sphericity of 87, and its cold hardiness at least to U.S.D.A. Zone 4b.
1 . A new and distinct variety of Corylus plant named ‘StapN7-6’ as described and illustrated herein.