Holmquist Hazelnuts in Lynden area nearly 100 years Bill Helm [email protected] LYNDEN — The story of Holmquist Hazelnut Orchards goes back more than a century when John Victor Holmquist emigrated from Finland to Washington. In Mt. Vernon, Holmquist helped his father clear wilderness area for farming in 1905. By 1909, Holmquist settled on his own…