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FRUITS 



The tree is a handsome shapely tree and the pale pink 

 flowers are borne on the branches of the previous year ; they 

 appear before the leaves. Ah almond orchard in blossom is 



BRANCH OF ALMOND TREE 



a wonderful sight. The fruit is rather like an olive-green 

 downy plum, but it is flatter and has a furrow down one side, 

 which splits open when it is ripe and reveals the almond - 

 stone inside. This stone is light brown in colour, smooth, 

 and with little dents all over it. Inside is the kernel or 

 almond. 



