THE 



FRUIT CULTIVATOR, 



SECT. L 



OF THE ALMOND. 



The almond is the ainygdalus co^nrnunis of botanists, 

 found originally in Persia and surrounding countries, 

 whence it has been long since introduced into all the 

 countries westward, on both sides of the Mediterra- 

 nean, and ultimately into England about 1548. Two 

 sorts only are cultivated in Britain, viz. the sweet 

 or Jordan almond for its fruit, and the bitter almond 

 as an ornamental tree, than which no other is more 

 conspicuously beautiful in early spring. 



The sweet almond is treated as a wall tree, being 

 pruned and trained as peach trees are. But from its 

 tender habit, and the liability of its flowers being 

 killed by frost, it seldom bears ; and even when it 

 does, the produce are far inferior to im,}?orted fruit. 

 The tree should be planted on a south ?i^nect, and 

 requires a good rich loamy soil, full eighteen inches 

 deep, and on a dry subroil. As the tree approaches 



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