86 BULLETIN 1282, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
44. LANGUEDOC (PRINCE’S) 
Origin. —This is an old variety commonly supposed to have originated in the 
Province of Languedoc, France, though according to E. Marre* the name does 
not indicate that the variety originated in Languedoc. It was introduced into 
the United States from France by William R. Prince & Co., of New York, as 
early as 1843. It was soon sold in California under the name “ Prince's.” 
It is interesting to note that this hame was later confused with the name 
* Princess,” and even at the present time some growers have Languedoc trees © 
which they miscall ‘“‘ Princess.” According to the Pacific Rural Press,” the 
Languedoc almond was widely distributed over California by B. D. T. Clough, 
of Niles. In 1872 A. T. Hatch planted 200 Languedoc trees near Suisun. The 
variety was listed for sale by Felix Gillet, of Nevada City, in 1886, and by 
other nurserymen at a later date. It has been planted in Oregon, Tennessee, 
and Texas, as well as in California. There are still many Languedoc orchards 
in various almond-growing sections of California, some of them over 50 years 
of age. Many of the Languedoc orchards, however, have been removed or 
grafted over to better varieties. 
Description 
TREE 
Tall, upright (ratio of width of head to height, 1:14); vigorous grower. 
Trunk vigorous and stocky; bark smoother than in many varieties, cracks close 
together, exfoliates in small flakes. 
Main branches.—Long, moderately stocky, upright. Branching angle acute. 
Old branches with tendency to have flat depressions, somewhat twisty. Wood 
rather soft and brittle. Bark reddish brown, with patches of gray epidermis; 
often with long horizontal silver-gray patches, frequently running together 
and covering large areas; striations common on young branches. 
Twigs—Moderately vigorous; inclined to be stocky, but vary much in 
this regard. Branching angle acute. Nodes rather large. Internodes vari- 
able in length, but inclined to be short ($ to 13 inches). Bark quite thick, 
medium tough; green with some grayish bloom; tinged with dull red patches 
in- autumn. 
Lenticels—Somewhat variable in number and SIZE: JAverage medium in 
number and size (on wood 8 to 10 years old, 7s by + to $ by 4 inch; average, 
3x by zs inch); elliptical, raised, rough, gray, ends acute, extreme apexes 
tend to be acuminate. On bark 2 to 4 years old, lenticels of medium size, 
usually less numerous than elsewhere, often inconspicuous on account of the 
gray epidermis. Lenticels on twigs large, numerous, grayish green. 
Foliage—A little below average in density. Leaves on individual branches 
medium in number and size, slightly curled, margins wavy. 
Blade: Variable in size (4 by 2 to 14 by 32 inches), average medium, t% by 
3 inches; ratio of width to length, about 2:7). Shape ovate to elliptical- 
ovate, average a little narrower than Texas. Base broadly acute; origin 
of margins symmetrical or slightly unsymmetrical. Apex acute, blade 
usually but not always slightly tapering from middle to tip. Margins irregu- 
larly crenate, occasionally serrate; crenations variable as to depth and 
length, average rather shallow and short; bristles small, wide, short. Mid- 
rib moderately large and prominent. Upper surface of blade dark, deep 
green. Lower surface dull light green. 
Petiole: Length variable (4 to 1} inches; average quite long, 1 inch; ratio of 
length of petiole to length of biade. oa Chess variable : quite flexible. 
Pale green on lower surface, light green on upper, tinged with dull red in au- 
tumn. Groove wide, rather shallow. Glands, one to four, commonly two, small 
to medium size, yellowish or grayish, round or oval. 
Bearing habit—Average light, distinctly an alternate bearer. Bears on 
spurs on wood 2 to 4 years old, mostly on wood 2 and 3 years old. Spurs 
frequently compound and very long (as much as 2 inches) and thick (3 
inch). Single spurs long (4 to 4 inch) and slender to medium (zs to 4 
inch). Disk small (diameter 4 to 5 inch); quite round. Occasionally 
some nuts are borne on laterals. Buds free, large, long, tapering; scales 
large; dark brown, rather thin, somewhat brittle, with considerable long 
gray pubescence on edges. (Buds generally slightly longer than in Texas.) 

ae sete E. Les meilleures variétés d’amandes. In Prog. Agr. et Vit., t. 58, p. 1387- 
44, illus. 1910. 
4 Anonymous. Almond culture. Jn Pac. Rural Press, v. 4, p. 329, illus. 1872. 
