Right, wich only means that having beard was not the custom among Shire Hobbits. Look at the exact wording and the opositions: Stoors grew , which means they did it intentionally - while other Hobbits decided not to. Says nothing about mustaches, by the way. Only Harfoots were unable to have facial hair by nature, but we can also safely assume that there were marriages between different kind of hobbits over the years and so the curent genetic pool of an average Shire hobbit is somewhere in between.
As for Bilbo, he is old, very old.
Saying they had no trace of a beard implies exactly what it says, that Fallohides and Harfoots didn't have any beard to grow. Even Stoors were only supposed to grow a bit of down on their chins, which is not what we see in that screenshot in any case but would be rather more like that wispy bumfluff that adolescents sprout and which looks like you could wipe it off with a flannel.
Originally Posted by Arabani
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