Almonds

The Almond is a fruit of the almond tree that has the elipsoidal form of one drupa, contained in a cob of variable resistance that locks up 1 to 2 eatable seeds and also is used for the preparation of milk and cosmetic oils. They are covered with a color layer coffee, which can be sweet or bitter, with a cyanide content that gives a flavor him and perfumes very special.

Most of the varieties of cultivated almond tree, they require of crossed polinización because they are autoincompatibles or autoestériles, although they are hermafroditas. This autoinfertilidad demands to place in an orchard polinizantes almonds tree to the main variety or bases of the orchard. The case commonest is the one of the Non Pareil, the cultivated variety more.

In order to have one more a more effective polinización it is necessary to choose the varieties that cover the appearance with the first and last flowers, that correspond both to extreme of the total florecencia. This is obtained using like polinizante the Ne variety Extreme Extra, early Carmel and Solano like and Father the delayed varieties like the Mission or Thompson, those that bloom at the end of the florecencia of the Non Pareil, by the end of August and principles of September. In this process also a coincident maturity of the different varieties from the orchard has importance to before have a better handling of the irrigation, during and after the harvest.

In our country the main cultivated varieties of almond tree are of origin Californian, within which they emphasize the Non Pereil, Mission and Drake, exporting themselves in addition the following varieties:

	All In One		Butte
	Carmel		Drake
	En Plus Ultra		IXL
	Jordanolo		Le Grand
	Madera		Merced
	Mission		Mono
	Non Pareil		Peerless
	Planada		Price
	Ripon		Ruby
	Selft Set		Thompson
	Yosemite