. The nut culturist : a treatise on the propagation, planting and cultivation of nut-bearing trees and shrubs, adapted to the climate of the United States ... Nuts. 36 THE NUT CULTUKIST. The common sweet, hard-shelled almond thrives in peach-growing regions as far north as Central jffew York, and I well remember of seeing trees loaded with these nuts, in my boyhood days, in the western part of the State. The late Patrick Barry, in the Fruit Garden, when referring to this nut, says: "This is a hardy and productive tree, succeeding well in the climate of West- ern New York, and still farthe
. The nut culturist : a treatise on the propagation, planting and cultivation of nut-bearing trees and shrubs, adapted to the climate of the United States ... Nuts. 36 THE NUT CULTUKIST. The common sweet, hard-shelled almond thrives in peach-growing regions as far north as Central jffew York, and I well remember of seeing trees loaded with these nuts, in my boyhood days, in the western part of the State. The late Patrick Barry, in the Fruit Garden, when referring to this nut, says: "This is a hardy and productive tree, succeeding well in the climate of West- ern New York, and still farther north. Nut very large, with a hard shell and a large sweet kernel; ripe here (Rochester) about the first of Octo- ber. The tree is very vigorous, has mooth, glaucous leaves, and when in bloom in the spring is more bril- liant and showy than any other fruit ; Nearly every one of our noted horticulturists who have said any- thing about almond culture in the North, agree with Mr. Barry in re- gard to the beauty of this tree and FIG. T. HAKD-sHELLED Its productivensss; but it is well to ALMOND. keej) in mind that it is no more to be depended upon than the peach, and the barren years will far outnumber the bearing ones. But the almond is probably as certain here as in France, where it is cul- tivated extensively as an article of commerce, although a full crop once in about five years is about all that is expected. We can probably do much better than this, especially if proper attention is given to the production of new varieties adapted to our climate, as has been don£ in California with the almond, and here in the East with the peach and many other kinds of fruits; and when such have been secured, proceed to multiply them in the usual mode of budding upon seedling stocks. Soft, or Brittle-Shelled, A. c. fragilis.—In this group we have many distinct varieties, besides. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally en
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