ALMONDS. 



LARGE-FRUITED. Auth. 

 Amandier a gros fruits. N. Duh. | Jordan ? 



This variety is remarkable for the size, sweetness, ai>d 

 .firmness of its almonds, and is said by Duhamel to merit culti- 

 vation more than any other. The leaves are at least a third 

 larger than those of the wild or common almond, and acumi- 

 nate at their extremities ; the shoots are large and vigorous ; 

 the. flowers are large; the petals very much hollowed at their 

 summits, and more or less undulated on their edges; the drupe 

 is covered with a pretty thick skin ; the shell is rather hard, 

 and the almond large and of excellent taste ; the peduncle is 

 very short and thick, and inserted obliquely in the fruit. 



SMALL.FRUITED. Auth. 



Amandier d petits fruits. N. Duh. | Common Almond. 



This differs from the preceding in the size of its fruit, being 

 smaller, more or less oblong, covered with a whitish green 

 skin, which is coated with thick down. The stone terminates 

 in an acute point, and the almond it encloses is sweet, and of 

 a very pleasant taste ; the leaves are narrow and oblong ; the 

 petals are very broad, and somewhat furrowed, and there 

 are sometimes as many as six of them to one flower. This 

 almond, which is the most common in the French gardens, 

 produces quite good crops. There is another variety, that 

 has white blossoms, but with whose fruit I am unacquainted. 



