Nurturing Nutty Dreams: A Guide to Growing Almond Trees
People all over the world grow almond trees for their delicious culinary seeds. These are species of small trees under the genus Prunus. Almonds along with peaches, are classified under the subgenus Amygdalus. The corrugations on the outer shell (endocarp) that surround the seeds distinguish this subgenus from other subgenera. Almond fruit is a “drupe.” …