

ALMOND VARIETIES IN THE UNITED STATES 85 
bright, shiny, light green. Lower surface with bloom and a little lighter in 
eolor than the upper. 
Petiole: Varies much in diameter and some in length (average medium, #% 
inch; ratio of length of petiole to length of blade, about 1:4). Upper surface 
light green, slightly darker than lower. Glands usually some distance down 
petiole, seldom on blade, seldom opposite, dark brown, wide oval. 
Bearing habit.—On spurs, mostly on wood 2 and 3 years old. Many spurs 
compound, some living longer than one year. Single spurs long (% inch) and 
slender (#: inch) ; expand gradually to oval disk (#2 by 32 inch). 
NUT 
Immature nut.—Medium size (average, 1$ by 14 by 1 inches). Shape plump, 
oval. Dorsal edge tends to be straight in middle. Base plump, bluntly round- 
ing, at right angles to axis or nearly so; stem cavity deep (#: inch). Apex 
slightly tapering, but blunt; rudiment medium size, very pubescent. 
Hull: Outer surface, green, turning yellow while dehiscing; pubescence 
abundant, long, gray, woolly. Hull thick, dehisces along ventral edge only; 
usually sides spread open equally; ventral edges tinged with red; inner sur- 
face rapidly becomes very dark brown. Ripens late, last of September. 
Hulled nut.—(Pl. IX, C.) Size medium (average, 14 by 1 by # inches) ; 140 
to 170 nuts to the pound. Percentage of kernel to nut in hand-cracked sam- 
ples, 35. 
Shape: Pointed ovoid; medium plump. Ventral edge curved quite sharply 
near base, tendency to be rather straight at apex, but varies in this regard, 
wing varies much in thickness and prominence; may be thin, thick, or medium ; 
may be a mere line or prominent, averages prominent to medium prominent; 
most prominent near apex. Dorsal edge curved less than ventral, generally 
straight from middle to apex or at most slightly curving. Base plump, seldom 
constricted, rounded. Stem scar medium in size, slightly depressed as a rule, 
round or wide oval, at right angles to axis or slightly sloping ventrally. 
Ventral edge more or less flat or depressed; when not flat or depressed, ventral 
shoulder is ridged. Apex distinctly tapering and pointed from middle to im- 
mediate apex; wing projects at tip. 
Shell: Color varies, usually dark reddish brown; ventral edge and especially 
wing and apex frequently reddish or pinkish, but not so strikingly as in the 
Barclay. Hard or standard shell; can not be cracked with fingers. Outer 
shell of medium thickness; texture varies from spongy to hard and bony. Pits 
numerous, small to medium in size, usually round in shape, but not always: 
rather shallow. Ventral edge frequently has depression along one or both 
sides of the wing; short grooves on ventral edge oblique to wing. Dorsal 
ridge rather wide and thickly pitted with small shallow pits or marked with 
very short grooves. Canals medium to large in size, round or oval in shape. 
Fibers large; network fine to medium. Inner shell quite thick and hard. 
Inner surface medium brown in color, lighter than outer surface; slightly 
undulating. Ventral streak light to dark brown, narrow to medium in width; 
short to medium in length, round at base end, tapering all the way from base 
to the acute apex. 
Kernel: Practically always single. Size medium to rather large (average, 
1 by 4 by zw inch). Shape rather flat, ovate. Dorsal edge longer and less 
curved than ventral. Base round or slightly truncate; dorsal shoulder rather 
thin, with tendency to be square; ventral shoulder more plump than dorsal, 
round or sloping. Apex tapering and usually acute. Pellicle varies in color 
from light to dark brown; thickly covered with short pubescence; pellicle fold 
very slight; base scar large, round, rough, slightly protruding. Kernels 
wrinkle considerably in drying. Flavor dry and strongly tinged with bitter, 
making the flavor disagreeable. Of use only in almond paste to give other 
nuts a slightly bitter flaver. 
Distinguishing characteristics—Easily distinguished by the pointed ovoid 
shape of the dark-brown nut, by the reddish tinge of the ventral edge, and by 
the bitter flavor of the kernel. 
COMMENTS 
The variety is not desirable for planting. It is one of the very poorest in 
quality. 
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