234 THE ALMOND. 



than an inch long, oval, pointed, one-sided, with a light coloured, 

 porous, very tender shell. The kernel sweet and rich. 



On the plum stock, in a favourable aspect, this almond suc- 

 ceeds, with a little care, in the middle States. 



Sultana Sweet Almond. Lind. 



Amande Sultane. 0. Duh. Nois. 



Amandier Sultane. Sultan. Thomp* 



A tender shelled almond of excellent quality, with smaller 

 fruit and narrower kernel than the Soft-Shell Almond, but of 

 equally excellent flavour, and which is preferred by many. It 

 is thought, by Poiteau, to be scarcely different from the Soft- 

 Shell or Ladies' Almond. 



PiSTACHiA Sweet Almond. Lind. 



Amande Pistache. 0. Duh. Nois. 

 Amandier Pistache. 



A variety of almond with a very small pointed fruit, about 

 the size and shape of that of a Pistachia, enclosing a kernel of 

 a delicate sweet flavour. The shell not quite so soft as the 

 Soft-Shell Almond. This is scarcely known yet in this country, 

 but is worth further trial at the South. 



Peach Almond. 



Peach Almond, f 



Amandier-Pecher. N. Duh. Nois. Poit. 



A rather indifferent variety, nearly sweet, but often slightly 

 bitter. It is a true cross between the peach and the almond, 

 and in its leaves, flowers, and stone strongly resembles the 

 peach ; the fruit is also pulpy and of tolerable flavour, like an in- 

 different peach. The nut scarcely ever ripens well as far north 

 as this. d| 



•J? 

 Bitter Almond. Thomp. Lind. 



The Bitter Almond has large pale blossoms, differing little 

 from the common almond, except in the kernel, which is bitter. 

 There are two varieties, one with a hard, and the other with a 

 brittle shell. Tlie fruit, which is produced abundantly, ripens in 

 September. The leaves are longer and of a darker green than 

 those of most of the sweet fruited varieties. 



* "We cannot follow Mr. Thompson in his nomenclature of Almonds, aa 

 he (or his printer) mistakes the meaning of the French terms ; Amande 

 Sultane of all the French authors should be translated Sultana, not Sultan. 



