. . n the apple blossom, cherr;- blossom, and the wild fruit is a drupe or stoi e fruit, resembling the peachin its general structural characters. It is, however, muchsmaller, measuring about one and one-half inch in in the peach, the outer portion of the fruit coat is fleshy,the inner portion is hard and encloses the kernel or seed towhich the term almond usually is applied. The plant is veryornamental, producing its beautiful flowers in March, beforethe leaves are developed. Two natural varieties of almonds are q
. . n the apple blossom, cherr;- blossom, and the wild fruit is a drupe or stoi e fruit, resembling the peachin its general structural characters. It is, however, muchsmaller, measuring about one and one-half inch in in the peach, the outer portion of the fruit coat is fleshy,the inner portion is hard and encloses the kernel or seed towhich the term almond usually is applied. The plant is veryornamental, producing its beautiful flowers in March, beforethe leaves are developed. Two natural varieties of almonds are quite universallyrecognized — the sweet and the bitter. They resemble eachother so closely in general appearance that it is practicallyimpossible to distinguish between them. The principal dif-ference lies in the chemistry of the kernels or seeds them-selves. In the bitter variety amygdalin is found, which ispractically wanting in the sweet variety. At the present time the sweet almond is extensively cul-tivated in northern Africa, southern Europe, and in the. FROM KCEmlERS MEOICINAl-i 3G8 ALMOND. CHICAGO:. W. MUUFORO PUBLISHER
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