108 BULLETIN 1282, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
variety for sale in 1847. It was offered for sale by the Fruitland Nurseries, of 
Augusta, Ga., in 1880. Although Princess almond trees were planted in Cali- 
fornia as early as 1853 and sold by Felix Gillet, of Nevada City, in 1876, it 
appears that the variety was not offered in California nursery catalogues until 
first listed by Mr. Gillet in his catalogue of 1880. Mest of the commercial 
plantings of Princess almonds in California were made prior to 1895. Since 
that date nearly all of the Princess trees have been removed or grafted over 
to other varieties. At the present time the variety is grown only to a limited 
extent, but Princess trees are found here and there throughout the State. 
Attempts were made to grow the variety in the Middle Atlantic States and 
even in New England. It was also planted in Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, 
Louisiana, Texas, and Missouri. 
Description 
TREE 
Large, very vigorous, rather upright grower with spreading top (ratio of 
height of head to width, 1:14). ‘Trunk very vigorous, very stocky, some- 
what twisted, with many long deep depressions; bark very rough, cracks wide 
apart, exfoliates in thin flakes. 
Main branches.—Long, stocky, rather upright, frequently gently curved or 
wavy. Branching angle moderately acute. Branches profusely. Large branches 
with twisted grain and many flat depressions. Wood brittle with many knots. 
Bark dark reddish brown, with much Silver gray or yellowish epidermis; 
exfoliates in thin flakes; old bark rough (resembling black oak in this respect). 
Twigs.—Quite numerous, long, straight, and slender, giving the tree a 
feathery appearance when leafing out in spring. Branching angle acute. Wood 
brittle. Nodes large. Internodes short (4 to 14 inches; average, 4 inch). 
Bark thick, smooth, light green, turning reddish in fall. 
Lenticels—Numerous, large (on bark 8 to 10 years old, 7s by zs to s& by & 
inch; average, 7s by is inch); slightly raised, cracked through middle longi- 
tudinally, ash gray, oval; sides near middle straight and parallel, curving 
quite sharply at ends which are bluntly acute; extreme apexes acute to 
acuminate. Lenticels small and numerous on twigs and young growth. (See 
Pie Xavi VES) 
Foliage—Medium in density. Leaves flat or slightly recurved. (See Pl. 
PROXY, AS) 
Blade: Variable in size, small to large (? by 24 to 14 by 44 inches; average, 
about medium, g by 84 inches; average ratio of width to length, about 1:5). 
Shape generally ovate with tapering apex, some elliptical, occasionally obovate ; 
vary much in width, average narrow. Base obtuse, bluntly rounding; origin 
of margins usually slightly unsymmetrical. Apex acute, apex one-third of 
leaf usually tapering. Margins curving much in middle, sometimes bulging; 
irregularly crenate, crenations short and deep; bristles rather long, dark. 
Upper surface of blade glossy, light, medium green; lower surface shiny, dull 
green, lighter than upper. Midrib medium slender, prominent. Veins distinct. 
Petiole: Short to medium (4 to 1 inch; average 1 inch; ratio of length of 
petiole to length of blade, about 1:4); stocky, rather inflexible; light green, 
very Slightly tinged with red in autumn. Groove rather wide and deep. 
Glands two to eight; basal crenations often glandular; when glands on 
petiole are over two they are seldom opposite; large, wide eval, dark brown 
to dark gray; glands nearest the base of leaf usually the smallest. 
Bearing habit.—In California the variety is a light bearer. Nuts borne 
largely in clusters (Some in pairs) on spurs on wood 2 to 4 years old, some 
on 95-year-old wood, some on last year’s laterals. Spurs short ($ to ¢ inch) ; 
diameter medium (% inch) ; expands suddenly to wide oval disk. Buds large, 
long, plump, constricted at base, apex tapering; Scales reddish brown, thin, 
with short, gray pubescence on edges. 

NUT 
Immature nut.—Average size, rather small to medium (1% by 1} by 1 
inches). Shape somewhat globular; edgewise view oblong. Ventral edge 
much curved, ridged, usually with a depression parallel to suture. Dorsal 
edge curved less than ventral. Base round, blunt, much sloping dorsally; 
stem cavity quite deep. Apex blunt; style drops early. 
