_UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS_ COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA THE ALMOND IN CALIFORNIA BY R. H. TAYLOR BULLETIN No. 297 AUGUST, 1918 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS BERKELEY 1918 BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER, President of the University. EXPERIMENT STATION STAFF HEADS OF DIVISIONS THOMAS FORSYTH HUNT, Director. EDWARD J. WICKSON, Horticulture (Emeritus). HERBERT J. WEBBER, Director Citrus Experiment Station; Plant Breeding. HUBERT E. VAN NORMAN, Vice-Director; Dairy Management. WILLIAM A. SETCHELL, Botany. MYER E. JAFFA, Nutrition. CHARLES W. WOODWORTH, Entomology. RALPH E. SMITH, Plant Pathology. J. ELIOT COIT, Citriculture. JOHN W. GILMORE, Agronomy. CHARLES F. SHAW, Soil Technology. JOHN W. GREGG, Landscape Gardening and Floriculture. FREDERIC T. BIOLETTI, Viticulture and Enology. WARREN T. CLARKE, Agricultural Extension. JOHN S. BURD, Agricultural Chemistry. CHARLES B. LIPMAN, Soil Chemistry and Bacteriology. ‡CLARENCE M. HARING, Veterinary Science and Bacteriology. ERNEST B. BABCOCK, Genetics. GORDON H. TRUE, Animal Husbandry. JAMES T. BARRETT, Plant Pathology. FRITZ W. WOLL, Animal Nutrition. WALTER MULFORD, Forestry. W. P. KELLEY, Agricultural Chemistry. H. J. QUAYLE, Entomology. J. B. DAVIDSON, Agricultural Engineering. ELWOOD MEAD, Rural Institutions. H. S. REED, Plant Physiology. W. L. HOWARD, Pomology. †FRANK ADAMS, Irrigation Investigations. C. L. ROADHOUSE, Dairy Industry. O. J. KERN, Agricultural Education. JOHN E. DOUGHERTY, Poultry Husbandry. S. S. ROGERS, Olericulture. J. G. MOODEY, Assistant to the Director. Mrs. D. L. BUNNELL, Librarian. DIVISION OF POMOLOGY W. L. HOWARD R. H. TAYLOR A. H. HENDRICKSON *E. L. OVERHOLSER W. P. TUFTS W. L. SWEET G. L. PHILP ‡V. W. HOFFMAN M. N. WOOD ‡ In military service. † In co-operation with office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering, U. S. Department of Agriculture. * Exchange professor from Cornell University for 1918-19. THE ALMOND IN CALIFORNIA BY R. H. TAYLOR INTRODUCTION