Almond tree

Abstract

An almond tree which is dense, medium size, vigorous, spreading in branching habit, abundantly foliated with medium size, medium green, acuminate leaves having a crenate margin, blooms early with pink flowers, and is a regular and heavy producer--in clusters on short spurs--of large, elongated, paper shell, well-sealed nuts which hang well on tree and have a medium harvest period and a relatively high percentage of kernel to nut.

I claim: 
     
       1. A new and distinct variety of almond tree, substantially as illustrated and described, which is dense, medium size, vigorous, spreading in branching habit, abundantly foliated with medium size, medium green, acuminate leaves having a crenate margin, blooms early with pink flowers, and is a regular and heavy producer--in clusters on short spurs--of large, elongated, paper shell, well-sealed nuts which hang well on tree, and have a medium harvest period and a relatively high percentage of kernel to nut; the present variety, in particular comparison to the Ne Plus Ultra, being characterized by a branching habit which, while essentially spreading, is more upright and easier to knock at harvest, by thicker foliage, by pink bloom rather than white bloom, by an apparent immunity to brown rot, and by nuts easier to hull and having a softer shell; the present variety being in bloom four or five days before the Nonpareil and in harvest with the Ne Plus Ultra.