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that have grown up along fences, creeks, etc. Almonds 

 are collected about the same way as apricots. Many 

 almonds that come naturally from seed are bitter, hence 

 have no commerial value other than for nursery work. 

 Almost every orchard Jias some trees in it which have never 

 been grafted, or the grafts have failed to take. These are 

 usually separated at harvesting time and the fruit saved 



FIG. 1. An Orchard for Growing Myrobalan Seed in California. 



for nursery work. It is not necessary that the almond 

 seed be bitter in order to be used for nursery work, but 

 they ought at least to be hard shells and selected from 

 vigorous growing trees. 



For plum stock several sources of seed are available. 

 The most common is the Myrobalan which is used in the 

 eastern and central United States. Most nurserymen prefer 

 to import this variety from Italy, where it grows wild and 



