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CHAPTER XVIIL 



OF THE ALMOND. 



Different Sorts of Almonds s their Propagation, and the Method 

 of Pruning them, — Hoxjo to keep them during Winter. 



1 HE Almond belongs to the twelfth Class of 

 Linnaeus, Icosandria Monogynia, being joined 

 with the Peach, and was cultivated here in 1548. 

 Turner* s Names of Herbes, sign aviij. ; it is 

 named Amygdalus communis. 



Almonds are beautiful trees for planting in 

 shrubberies and plantations, and deserve a place 

 in every pleasure-ground, on account of their 

 coming so early into bloom, and for the use of 

 their kernels* 



Thefolloiuing are the Sorts propagated in this Country for 

 Ornament and Use, viz, 



1. Tender^shelled Almond. Dukam. n, Q. tl. 

 Pom. Franc. 1. p. 68. t. 5. Poit, et. Turp.Fr.t.75. 



2. Sweet Almond. Duham. n. 5. t. ^. Pom. 

 Franc. 1. p. 65 t, 1. 



S, Common, OR Bitter Almond. Pom. Franc. 1. 

 p. 67. t. 8. Poit. et Turp. Fr. t. 144. 



4. Sweet Jordan Almond. Pom. Franc. 1<^ 

 p. 67. t* 4. 



5. Hard-shelled Almond. 



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