14 THE NUT CULTURIST. 



Spain, mainly from Valencia, while the so-called Jordan 

 almond comes from Malaga, as very few are raised in 

 the valley of the Jordan. Bitter almonds come princi- 

 pally from Mogador in Morocco. 



As for almond culture in the United States, very 

 little is to be said further than that, while we have few 

 experiments to refer to as having heen made east of the 

 Rocky mountains, not one of our great pomologists, 

 in their published works, has ever given any reason for 

 the almost entire neglect of this nut. Mr. Win. H. 

 White, author of " Gardening for the South" (1868), 

 throws no light upon the subject, merely describing a 

 few of the well-known varieties of the almond. Down- 

 ing's "Fruit and Fruit Trees of America," Thomas' 

 "American Fruit Culturist," Barry's "Fruit Garden," 

 and a score of other standard pomological works may be 

 consulted, without obtaining therefrom any information 

 in regard to the culture of this nut further than to be 

 assured that the hard-shelled varieties are hardy in the 

 North wherever the peach tree thrives, and the thin, or 

 paper shelled, succeed only in warm climates. All these 

 authors agree in saying that the propagation and culti- 

 vation of the almond is the same as practiced with the 

 peach. 



Coming down to recent years for information in 

 regard to almond culture, we find H. E. Van Deman, 

 pomologist to the Department of Agriculture, dismissing 

 the subject in his report for 1892, as follows : 



"I only mention this nut to state to all experimen- 

 ters that it is useless to try to grow the almond of com- 

 merce this side of the Eocky mountains, except, possi- 

 bly, in New Mexico and southwestern Texas. This is 

 thoroughly established by many reports from those who 

 have tried it in nearly every State and for many years 

 past. It is too tender in the North and does not bear in 

 the South. In California it is an eminent success. 



