Early Almond
type: Culinary
synonyms: Almond, White Codlin
identification: Large size, round flattened. Prominently ribbed. The base colour is greenish yellow ripening to lemon yellow. The calyx is partly open, set in a deep and narrow basin. The stem is short and slender, set in a deep and narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is white. Tender, juicy and tart.
origins: essex and berkshire
cold storage: Keeps less than a month.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to canker.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the latter part of the third period.
ploidism: Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 4
harvest period: 3
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