Almond Farming Guide

Almond is a very famous and energy provider dry fruit which is mostly cultivated in Middle east and South Asia. The almond  is a species of tree native to the South Asia & Middle Eastern regions. Almond belongs to the family of "Rosaceae" and genus of "Prunus". Usually, the almond tree is a deciduous and reaches up to 10 meters in height, with a trunk of up to 30 to 35 cm in diameter. The almond fruit is a actually a drupe not a nut botanically, consisting of an outer hull and a hard shell with the seed inside. Generally almonds are sold shelled or unshelled. Almonds can also be used in cooking and also to produce oil. Commercial cultivation of almonds is very much successful in Asian countries due to their nutrition values and health benefits and local market as well as export value. Almond milk, almond flour, almond syrup, almond oil is some of the alternate uses of almonds. To read more about almond cultivation :Click here.