Variety List | Rootstocks | Almonds | Planting Patterns
Care of your Trees


Chandler - Harvest mid-season. Large smooth oval nut. Good shell seal. Kernel is of excellent quality and color - light grade consistently 90 percent or better. 80 - 90 percent of lateral buds fruitful. Tree is medium size and precocious, semi-upright and highly productive.

Cisco - Late leafing variety. 80 percent bud fruitfulness. Kernel quality poor. Used primarily as a pollinator for Chandler.

Scharsch Franquette - Late harvest. Small, well-sealed nut with very good quality, light kernel. Very large, upright tree is slow to come into bearing. Good pollinator for Hartley and Chandler.

Hartley - Midseason harvest. The nut is large, well-sealed with nearly 90 percent of light kernels. Tree is large and productive. Slow to come into bearing. Typically planted with Franquette as a pollinator.

Howard - Midseason harvest. Nut is large, round and well-sealed with a high percentage of light kernels nearly 90 percent. Tree is small to medium size and semi-upright. Pollinated by Cisco or Franquette. (Patent #4405)

Serr - Early to midseason harvest. Nut is large with a fairly good seal. Kernel is 60 percent light. Large tree is extremely vigorous. Pollinators are Chico and Tehama.

Tulare - Midseason harvest. Large, round well-sealed nut. Precocious, productive and moderately vigorous, Tulare requires no pollinators. (Patent #8268)

Vina - Early to midseason harvest. Pointed nut with good shell seal. Kernel color 60 percent light. Medium-to small sized tree is moderately vigorous and highly productive. Pollinators are Chico, Chandler, Howard and Tehama.


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