



ALMOND VARIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES 3 
ence is made both to the districts and to the localities. The dis- 
trict names are taken arbitrarily as a matter of convenience. No 
attempt has been made to arrange them according to production or 
acreage. 
TABLE 1.—Principal almond-growing districts in California 






Number and name of district County Localities within the district 
TOMI COMER sake LE IBUptereely eae Coss Chico, Durham, Biggs, East Biggs, and Gridley. 
Meham passe eee ae Los Molinos. 
2. Live Oak—Pennington _____-_- Utter ee Live Oak, Pennington, Yuba City, and Sutter. 
WA one aha creel Marysville. 
Oe PE GAL OdcS pee eee seks e eee pacramentor —2-— 2 - Fairoaks and Antelope. 
RACE ree ete nae we Country adjacent to Roseville. 
Ale SBOE VTIKETMUNO 2 eee ok Sacramento --____-_- Mayhews, Routier, and Mills. 
SSAW@ ORM Geet teee ae oh nek ap en ama and _| Corningand portions west of the Sacramento River. 
Shasta. 
GStOrland Bees rae ee et Glenn aes ei Orland. 
(eA DU CKICE ees 2 he ee C@olUsae seahorse aks Arbuckle, College City, and Colusa. 
SsaWinters— awiSe= eee NAO) ace SG ee nee Winters, Woodland, and Davis. 
Solange ee aasan een Dixon. 
ONE Spantoeesseee ee ate ee BYiO] OARS cinerea Madison, Esparto, Capay, Guinda, and Rumsey. 
Oe Maes ee emcee el at de a 2 aK Cen ois ale Lower lake country. 
TEES WS Un eee ee ek Ringe ne SOBUIO. 2-2 se ee Suisun, Fairfield, and Gordon Valley. 
1D AO aki Crys nape a en Te Contra Costa_____ Antioch, Oakley, Knightsen, and Brentwood. 
TS SIC ON COnGRe es aoe eee ae liane, Coser se eee Region near Concord. 
14 odi—A cam poses = San Joaquin_______| Lodi, Acampo, Stockton, and Linden. 
Fh NO akdale es eaeste sas oe ae ue ees Stanislaus________- Oakdale, Waterford, Salida, and Modesto. 
16 WosiGatosmarse treet ee Santa Claraeaans ss Los Gatos, Santa Clara, San Jose, and regions in the 
Santa Clara Valley. 
Wis TEGO TRO OES ee ae San Luis Obispo__| Paso Robles. 
Salam Caste reese eeee e Los Angeles_______ Lancaster and Antelope Valley. 
Wie) Jeenowownaye ee oe Be Se Riverside -________ Banning. 

THE RELATION OF VARIETIES TO THE INDUSTRY 
The early plantings of almond trees in California consisted of 
varieties of Kuropean origin. Later, in attempts to obtain varieties 
better adapted to California conditions, seedlings were grown and 
the more promising selected for propagation. The total number of 
varieties in use has been increased in this way to more than 100. 
While a few of the California varieties, such as the Nonpareil, 
I. X. L., and Ne Plus Ultra, have proved valuable, most of them 
are relatively worthless, and their dissemination and cultivation 
have resulted in much disappointment and loss. The present condi- 
tion of the industry is unsatisfactory, largely because of the failure 
to appreciate the fact that in the choice of a variety for cultivation 
all of the factors relating both to production and marketing must be 
taken into account. None of these can be disregarded without loss 
to the grower. 
A variety is not satisfactory unless it fulfills the requirements 
of the grower, the dealer, and the consumer. The ideal almond 
variety from the producer’s standpoint is one that bears regularly 
and well. The tree should be vigorous, hardy, reasonably resistant 
to diseases and insect infestation, and of a moderately upright, 
symmetrical habit of growth, with a head somewhat open in the 
center (figs. 2 and 3). The blooming period should be rather 
long and should coincide with the period of least danger of frost 
in the district. Blossoms should be produced in profusion. The 
variety should be self-fertile,? or at least interfertile with the better 
commercial varieties. The nuts should be well distributed about the 

2So far as is now known, no variety of edible almond is self-fertile. 
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