Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . d allspice is alsoapplied to various plants with aromatic fragrance, asCalycanthus. Almond, a name given to the tree and fruit of Pru-nus Aniygdalus, Baill. {Ainygdalus communis, Linn.),of the Rosdcew. It is also applied to certain dwarf orna-mental trees or bushes, as Flowering Almo
Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom . d allspice is alsoapplied to various plants with aromatic fragrance, asCalycanthus. Almond, a name given to the tree and fruit of Pru-nus Aniygdalus, Baill. {Ainygdalus communis, Linn.),of the Rosdcew. It is also applied to certain dwarf orna-mental trees or bushes, as Flowering Almond (see Pru-nus). The Almond has been cultivated from time im-n»emorial. Itisthoughtto be native to the Mediterraneanbasin. Some enquirers have supposed it to be the originalof the peach, but this idea is evidently untenable. Theflowers are peach-like and handsome (Fig. 63). TheAlmond nut of commerce is the pit or stone of a peac4i-like fruit {Fig. 64). The fleshy part, which is so thickand edible in the peach, is thin and hard, and it splits atmaturity. There are two general tribes or races ofAlmonds,— the bitter and the sweet. The former has abitter kernel, which is used in the manufacture of flavor-ing extracts and prussic acid. It is grown mostly inMediterranean countries. Of the sweet or edible Al-. monds, there are two classes,—the hard-shell and the soft-shell. The former is of little value, and is not grown to any extent. The soft-shell type produces the edible Almonds of commerce. Some of the thinnest-shelled forms are known as Paper-shells. It was once thought that almond-growing could be successfully practiced in the peach-growing sections of the East, but vagaries of late spring frosts, and other difficul ties, have caused the effoit to be abandoned commercially ludi vidual Almond trees are occa sionally seen, and they fre quently bear profusely. The\ are nearly as hardy as the peach The commercial cultivation ot the Almond is confined to west ern America, and
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