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THE ALMOND. 
than an inch long, oval, pointed, one-sided, with a light coloured, 
porous, very tender shell. The kernel sweet and rich. 
On the plum stock, in a favourable aspect, this almond sue- 
ceeds, with a little care, in the middle States. 
Sultana Sweet Almond. Lind. 
Amande Sultane. 0. Duh. Nois. 
Amandier Sultane. Sultan. Thomp* 
A tender shelled almond of excellent quality, with smaller 
fruit and narrower kernel than the Soft-Shell Almond, but of 
equally excellent flavour, and which is preferred by many. It 
is thought, by Poiteau, to be scarcely different from the Soft- 
Shell or Ladies’ Almond. 
Pistachia Sweet Almond. Lind. 
Amande Pistache. 0. Duh. Nois. 
Amandier Pistache. 
A variety of almond with a very small pointed fruit, about 
the size and shape of that of a Pistachia, enclosing a kernel of 
a delicate sweet flavour. The shell not quite so soft as the 
Soft-Shell Almond. This is scarcely known yet in this country, 
but is worth further trial at the South. 
Peach Almond. 
“Almond, \ Th0m r ' 
Amandier-Pecher. N. Duh. Nois. Poit. 
A rather indifferent variety, nearly sweet, but often slightly 
bitter. It is a true cross between the peach and the almond, 
and in its leaves, flowers, and stone strongly resembles the 
peach ; the fruit is also pulpy and of tolerable flavour, like an in- 
different peach. The nut scarcely ever ripens well as far north 
as this. 
Bitter Almond. Thomp. Lind. 
The Bitter Almond has large pale blossoms, differing little 
from the common almond, except in the kernel, which is bitter. 
There are two varieties, one with a hard, and the other with a 
brittle shell. The fruit, which is produced abundantly, ripens in 
"September. The leaves are longer and of a darker green than 
those of most of the sweet fruited varieties. 
* We cannot follow Mr. Thompson in his nomenclature of Almonds, as 
he (or his printer) mistakes the meaning of the French terms ; Amande 
Sultane of all the French authors should be translated Sultana, not Sultan. 
