1. Almonds
Chapter 22

2. World Production Rank Country Name Production 1 USA 731,946 2 Spain
 731,946 2
 Spain
 215,825 3
 Australia
 142,742 4
 Iran
 100,836 5
 Morocco
 99,873 6
 Italy
 90,359 7
 Syria
 86,683 8
 Turkey
 75,140 9
 Tunisia
 70,831 10
 Afghanistan
 62,439

3. Major Destinations for Almonds #1 in US Exports
1- India
2- Spain
3- China
4- Germany
5- United Arab Emirates
6- Japan
7-Italy
8-Turkey
9- Vietnam
10- Canada

4. California’s Top Commodities
1- Milk & Cream
2- Grapes
3- Almonds
4- Cattle & Calves
5- Lettuce, All
6- Berries, All Strawberries
7- Pistachios
8- Tomatoes, All
9- Walnuts
10- Oranges, All

5. Leading California Counties
1- Kern 138,080 acres
2- Fresno 114,714 acres
3- Stanislaus 108,720 acres
4- Merced 99,177 acres
5- Madera 88,218 acres
Total bearing acres = 757,011
Total non-bearing acres = 83,925
Grand total acres = 840,936

6. Top Varieties Planted Non pareil 292,250 32,993 = 325,243
Monterey 100,544 13,333 = 113,877
Butte 79,256 1,821 = 81,076
Carmel 73,257 2,097 = 75,353
Padre 51, = 52,565

7. Leading California Counties in tons/acre
1- Kern tons/acre
2- Fresno tons/acre
3- Merced 1.13 tons/acre
4- Tulare tons/acre
5- Kings tons/acre
All Almonds

8. Tree Growth and limiting factors
25 to 30 feet tall.
Bear fruit 3 to 4 years after planting.
Can remain productive for up to 50 years.
Self sterile trees, thus must plant 2-3 cultivars to ensure cross pollination.
Chilling hours = 300 to 500.
Bloom starts in February

9. Climate needed is a cool, moist winters and hot dry summers.
Almonds are cold hardy to about 00F.
48” to 52” of water is needed per year.
Production is alternate bearing.
Production = 1400 to 2100 meats/acre
This is = to 2100 to 3000 lbs in shell/acre

10. Re-Plants
Age of orchard
Pruning of trees surrounding them.

11. Harvest Prep Pull water Prep orchard floor Ant control Sprays (Hull)
Dics and float
Mow
Ant control
Sprays (Hull)
Contact shakers

12. Site Selection Type of soil Water availability & Sales contracts
Location to work force and processor
Location to urban setting, EPA
Location to roads
Easements
Price
Zoning
Field history
Other orchards in area

13. Selecting Rootstocks Nemagaurd Nemared Guardian®Brand BY 520-9 Lovell
Hansen 536 Hybrid+
Cornerstone (PP# 21,248)
Brights Hybrid
Krymsk 86
Marianna (not capatible with:)
Livingston, Marcona, Monterery, & Nonpareil

14. Choosing Cultivars Aldrich Avaian BNI (Self Fruitful) Butte Carmel
Fritz
Independent (Self Fruitful)
Livingston
Marcona
Merced
Monterery
Nonpareil
Padre
Peerless
Price
Ruby
Sonora
Supareil
Shasta (Self Fruitful)

15. Orchard Layout

16. Orchard Floor management, Irrigation & Fertilizers
Disk or mow
Type of irrigation
Flood
Permanent set sprinklers
Drag line sprinklers
Micro sprinklers
Drip
Nutrient program
IPM

17. Insects
Navel Orangeworm

18. Peach twig Borer

19. Two Spotted Spider Mite
Brown Mite

20. Oriental Fruit Moth

21. Diseases
Bacterial Canker
Crown Gall

22. Crown rot
Shot hole

23. Brown rot
Brown rot gumming

24. Brown rot girdled

25. Verticillium Wilt

26. Weeds