46 THE ALMOND. 



VARIETIES. 



CLASS I. Varieties worthy cultivation. 



LONG HARD SHELL. 



Long Hard Shell Almond, | Amandier a gros fruit, | Amandier a gros fruit doux. 



Flowers, large, pale rose color, opening before the leaves ; stone, 

 about as large as the soft shell, but the kernel larger and plumper ; 

 very hardy ; ripens about last September. 



LANGUEDOC. 



Great-fruited sweet, | Great Soft Shell, | Large Persian 



The trees are hardy, but its fruiting qualities we do not know 

 It is said to be very large and sweet. 



SOFT SHELL SWEET. 



Soft Shell Sweet Almond, I Ladies' Thin Shell, 



Doux a coque tendre, Sultan a coque tendre, 



Amandier a coque tendre, Amandier des Dames, 



Ou Amande Princesse. 



This is the variety common in the shops of the confectioners, wtih 

 a shell so thin as to be easily crushed between the fingers ; and 

 the kernel of which is so generally esteemed at the dessert. The 

 flowers open at same time with the leaves, and are deeply tinged 

 with red. Fruit, oval, compressed ; nut, oval-pointed, one-sided, 

 tender shell ; kernel, sweet ; ripens in August, or in July at the 

 South, where it is only adapted. 



CLASS III. Varieties unworthy Cultare. 

 COMMON ALMOND. 



Common Sweet, | Amandier a petit Fruit, | Amande Commune. 



A variety usually found in nurseries, inferior to the Long Hard Shell 

 SULTANA SWEET ALMOND. 



Amande Sultane, | Sultan. 



A tender-shelled variety, inferior to the Soft Shelled Sweet. 

 PISTACHIA SWEET. 



Amande Pistache. 



Small, pointed, inferior fruit. 



PEACH ALMOND. 



Pecher, | Amandier Pecher. 



A cross between the Peach and Almond. Nearly sweet often bitter. 



BITTER ALMOND. 

 Differing from the common Almond in its bitter kernel. 



