Hall S Hardy Almond
You ll often get nuts from a single tree but if you add more than one they ll help pollinate each other for larger crops.
Hall s hardy almond. Harvest nuts in fall. The hall s hardy almond tree features a medium sized hard shelled almond with a sweet to a slightly bitter kernel. Thinking i would get almonds. The most attractive quality of halls hardy is its unique cold tolerance for an almond tree living through temperatures down to 20 f.
Not something you would ever eat more than one bite of. This is the 3rd summer and it s a extremely prolific producer but not sure if they re almonds or peaches. These almond trees grow 15 20 feet and have beautiful profuse pink blooms and are sometimes sold just for its beauty. Looks like peach smells like peach and taste like peach.
The flesh is very sweet and has a strong peach flavor. The hull becomes hard and dry as the almonds ripen on the tree and opens to reveal the shell that surrounds the almond kernel. Partially self fruitful to increase production plant with non pariel or texas mission ripening date. Roasting and salting will remove bitterness.
This fits your. The hall s hardy almond may be your answer. Hall s hardy almond tree 4 5 feet tall. Make sure this fits by entering your model number.
Hall s hardy almond prunus amygdalus. Hall s hardy almond tree prunus dulcis hall s hardy almond gives you both in one beautiful package. It splits open in the autumn and the pit inside falls out clean albeit sometimes coated with sticky sap. Dazzling pink blossoms in early spring.
They are so pretty in springtime. Hall s hardy almond is a heavy bearer and very cold hardy. Standing at a height of 15 20 it is a profuse late spring bloomer with masses of pale pink flowers. Picking an almond early enough to eat the hull may be something to try with a fully sweet almond but hall s hardy is half peach and it is suggested that you boil the mature nuts prior to eating them.
Trees should bear in two years. Makes a beautiful 15 25 tall lawn tree. The shape flavor color flowers and overall appearance of halls. Use this small fast growing tree to brighten up any sunny area in your landscape.
Boil almonds and discard water to dispel any bitterness. Well i purchased a hall s hardy almond tree from michigan bulb co. Large excellent quality hard shell nuts. Plant trees 15 20 feet apart.
I know the hard way i tasted it years ago a definite spitter. The husk of hall s is like a true almond hard woody and incredibly bitter.