


ALMOND VARIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES Si 
the dark pellicle. The variety is a good bearer and has therefore been a 
favorite with some growers. It is inferior to the Nonpareil, I. X. L., and 
Ne Plus Ultra from a marketing standpoint and should not be widely planted. 
7. BROWN (BROWN XX) 
Origin.—Said to have originated on the John Henle ranch, near Davis, Calif. 
The variety has not been widely planted. 
Description 
TREE 
Large, vigorous, spreading (ratio of height to width of head, 1:14), rather 
open. Trunk very stocky; bark rough, exfoliating in small, thick patches. 
Main branches.—Long, medium stocky, tend to grow curved or crooked. 
Branching angle rather wide. Wood moderately tough, somewhat gnarly. 
Bark very rough; heavily striated with gray on young branches; under bark 
dark yellowish brown, overlaid on old branches with several layers of gray; 
exfoliates in thick patches; young branches commonly heavily striated with 
gray. 
Twigs.—Long, vigorous, slender. Branching angle wide. Wood rather 
tough. Nodes small to medium. Internodes short (2 to 1 inch). Bark thick, 
quite tough, light green, turning dull red on upper side in fall; light bloom. 
Lenticels—Numerous, small, greenish gray, rather conspicuous on young 
twigs. On older bark, rather numerous, much raised, rough, quite large (on 
bark 8 to 10 years old vs by + by 2 by 2 inch), long, narrow, but vary some- 
what in width. Apexes acuminate to acute, dark gray. 
Foliage.—Very dense on individual branches. Leaves much recurved. 
Blade: Size varies much (2 by 24 to 1 by 3% inches; average medium, # by 34 
inches, ratio of width of blade to length, about 1:4). Shape, long-ovate or 
elliptical. Base varies from very bluntly rounding to acute; origin of sides 
usually unsymmetrical. Apex sharply acute to bluntly acute, apex two-thirds 
of leaf tapering. In the elliptical leaves, apex is more acute than base. Mar- 
gins frequently irregular, crenations coarse, bristle very small. Midrib medium 
in size and prominence, very light in color. Veins moderately distinct. Upper 
surface of blade glossy, distinctly yellowish green, so much so that the tree 
ean be distinguished from others by the color. Lower surface light green. 
Petiole: Long (# to 14 inches; average, 1 inch; ratio of length of petiole to 
length of blade, about 1:3), medium in diameter, rigid. Under surface pale 
green, upper yellowish green tinged with dark red in the fall. Groove narrow 
and deep. Glands two to eight, commonly six, frequently three or four, me- 
dium sized, globular or oval, frequentiy much elevated, yellowish or grayish 
yellow on petiole near base of blade or on base of blade. 
Bearing habit.—Mostly on spurs on wood 2 and 3 years old, but also some 
on laterals. Compound spurs numerous, long (4 inch), single spurs rather 
long (4 inch), medium in width (4 inch), disk nearly round (diameter, 4 inch). 
Many fruit buds on laterals as well as on spurs. Buds free, long, conical, 
slightly compressed at base, bluntly pointed; scales reddish brown, medium 
sized, rather thick, somewhat tough with long gray pubescence on edges. 


NUT 
Immature nut.—Medium size (1 by 12 by 1 inches). Long, pointed, ovate. 
Ventral edge circular near base, almost straight on apex half; no ventral ridge, 
but one half near suture frequently higher than the other. Ventral suture 
narrow (32 inch), shallow (4% inch), dorsal edge very gently curved, curved 
most sharply at apex. Base dorsally sloping, scalloped with light grooves and 
ridges, dorsal shoulder square and sloping but not prominent, ventral shoulder 
round, ventral suture slightly depressed at cavity. Cavity shallow ( ¢; to 
ss inch), narrow (35 inch). Apex half of nut decidedly tapering and pointed; 
ventral suture at apex slightly depressed; style drops early, leaving very small 
rudiment. 
Hull: Outer surface grayish green, becoming yellow as dehiscence starts and 
remains so until hull gets quite dry; pubescence abundant, medium fine, short, 
gray. Inner surface gray as it starts to dehisce, changing rapidly to brown. 
Starts dehiscing on ventral edge, then up dorsal edge from apex, cracking all 

