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The Almond (Prunus dulcis, syn. Prunus amygdalus Batsch., Amygdalus communis L., Amygdalus dulcis Mill.) is a species of tree of the genus Prunus, belonging to the subfamily Prunoideae of the family Rosaceae and native to the Middle East. Within Prunus, it is classified in the subgenus Amygdalus, distinguished from the other subgenera by the corrugated seed shell. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almond +5
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I don't know the proper family name, perhaps what Mensan said. But I know it is the same as a peach except with a peach you eat the fruit and throw away the seed (although some varieties the seeds are edible, others are toxic) and with an almond, you eat the seed and throw away the fruit. Almond trees can also polinate peach trees. Around here, the almonds usually flower too early and then we get a freeze and they all drop off. The only way I get almonds is if I cover the flowering branches each time we are suppossed to get a freeze. This year, I lost my peaches and plums to a late freeze, but that is not usually a problem with those.
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