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 4 Tender-shelled Almond.

5 Hard-shelled Almond.

The fruit, in general, of the Almond tree is valued only for the kernel inclosed in its centre in a stone or nut, it being the only edible part; and is by many greatly esteemed as a choice desert fruit to eat, as well as for various domestic purposes.

Considered as a fruit tree, the Almond, in all its varieties, deserves a place in almost every garden, to encrease the variety of eatable fruits, especially as standard and half standard trees, in which they will also adorn the premises very conspicuously in spring, during their general bloom, and supply us with annual crops of fruit without trouble; ripening in September.