112 BULLETIN 1282, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
thinner and longer than ventral. Dorsal shoulder with tendency to be square, 
frequently above ventral shoulder, which is round and sloping. Pellicle very 
pubescent, dark brown; heavy pellicle fold on apex one-third of ventral edge; 
base scar, dark, small, round, or oval. Flavor sweet, but dry and inferior 
to Jordan. 
COMMENTS 
The nuts and kernels of this variety resemble those of the Rock Jordan in 
appearance. The kernel, however, is much inferior to the Jordan in quality. 
Until recently, the Provence almonds have been bought and sold by some deal- 
ers aS Jordans. It is probably due to this fact, at least in part, that the 
Jordan almond from California has been thought by eastern confectioners 
to be inferior to the imported Jordan. ‘The Provence has a very heavy shell, 
and as other nuts of the hard-shelled type yield much better, the Provence 
is no longer extensively grown. 
60. QUEEN 
Origin.—Uncertain. Now grown principally near Woodland, Calif., where 
it is thought to have originated, and in the Arbuckle district. A few trees 
are found elsewhere in the Sacramento Valley. 
Description 
TREE 
Medium vigorous, moderately upright. Trunk medium in diameter, bark 
rough. 
Main branches.—Medium long, medium stocky. Branching angle rather 
wide. Bark reddish brown, with gray epidermis. 
Twigs.—Medium in length and stockiness. Nodes large. Internodes average 
short. 
Lenticels—Numerous, moderately large (average size on 8 to 10 year-old 
bark, 22 by 2 inch), narrow oval, pointed at apexes, slightly elevated, gray. 
Foliage.—Varies considerable in density, according to variation in branching. 
Leaves on individual branches numerous, large. 
Blade: Rather large to medium (average, § by 3% inches; ratio of width to 
length, about 2:7). Shape oval or oval-ovate. Base obtuse; origin of margins 
unsymmetrical. Apex acute. Margins usually shortly and deeply serrate, 
sometimes crenate. Upper surface smooth, light green; lower light green. 
Veins distinct on lower surface. 
Petiole: Length medium to rather long (average, ~ inch; ratio of length 
of petiole to length of blade, about 2:7); rather slender. Groove quite wide 
and deep. Glands two to six, commonly four, grayish yellow, medium in size, 
globular or pointed. 
Bearing habit.—Average light crops. Size of nuts varies much. Bears on 
spurs on wood 2 to 4 years old, mostly on wood 2 and 3 years old. Spurs 
medium in length (4 inch), medium to thick in diameter (4 to # inch); ex- 
pands gradually to wide oval disk + by 4+ inch. 


NUT 
Immature nut.—Size varies much in different seasons, averages large (about 
24+ by 12 by 1 inches). Shape oval or oval-ovate; part to ventral side of axis 
oval or oval-ovate; part to dorsal side long oval. (Hdgewise view irregular 
oval.) Ventral edge much curved, curved most near middle; ventral ridge very 
pronounced (4 inch high, # to 2 inch wide) ; grooves pronounced and deep 
each side of ridge. Suture line distinct, very narrow, shallow; varies as to 
part of ridge it occupies (i. e., straight down middle, near one side, diagonal, 
or crooked). Dorsal edge slightly curved (tendency to be quite straight), 
slightly ridged. Base rather thin, square, slightly dorsally sloping, much 
grooved and scalloped; ventral shoulder square; dorsal shoulder sloping; cavity 
$ inch wide and ys inch deep. Apex rather thin, wide, bluntly rounding, 
slightly depressed; style drops quite early, but varies; rudiment short, 
pubescent. 
Hull: Outer surface green, with reddish patches late in season, especially 
on ventral edges and apex; pubescence medium in amount, coarse, short, gray. 
Dehisces along ventral edge first; later cracks on base or apex on dorsal edge; 
