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[Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>]

The article I referred to is in the Summer 1986 Pomona, by Lon 
Rombough, and just expands a bit on what he said today.

Hall's Hardy almond is a peach/almond cross with very early showy 
pink blossoms, shiny green leaves, and a few hundred slightly bitter 
almonds with thick shells.

He suggests growing the seeds as a hedgerow three to four feet apart 
in hopes of getting one that blooms later, with better nuts, and the 
self-fertility of a peach.

I thought that was a good idea back in '86, but I'm still waiting for 
some nuts to sow.


                Diane Whitehead