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and increasing demand for this nut warrants 

 the expectation that systematic efforts for its 

 improvement may meet with an adequate finan- 

 cial reward. Already the cultivation of the 

 almond is an industry that exceeds in importance 

 that of any other nut except the walnut and 

 pecan. And it is an industry that will increase 

 in proportion as the efforts of the plant devel- 

 oper make the almond a more certain bearer of 

 better nuts. What has just been said will suffi- 

 ciently indicate the lines along which the plant 

 developer must work in order to produce these 

 results. 



