Almonds
Dave Wilson Nursery offers the best selection of high quality, commercially accepted almond varieties in the industry.
Rootstocks available for pre-bud orders: Atlas™, Lovell, Marianna 26-24, Nemaguard, Viking™
Farmers Market Favorite™: varieties with superior kernel and in-shell qualities recommended for farmers market/fruit stand distributiion.
Kernel size in number of kernels per ounce - Large: 20 or less/oz., Medium: 20-25/oz., Medium-Small: 25-30/oz., Small: 30 or more/oz.
Shelling percentage (proportion of inshell almond weight that is the kernel) - Paper Shell: 65%+, Soft Shell: 55-65%, Semihard Shell: 50-55%, Hard Shell: 50% and less.
Almonds have an estimated chilling requirement of 350 to 500 hours. In general, an earlier bloom indicates a lower chilling requirement.
Please note: Although diligence in evaluation and selection of budwood sources has reduced the incidence of noninfectious bud failure (crazy top), the following varieties are susceptible to this genetic disorder: Carmel, Jordanolo, Merced, Mission, Monterey, Nonpareil, Peerless, Price and Thompson. Due to limited occurrence of symptoms, noninfectious bud failure is not considered a potential production problem in Mission or Price. Noninfectious bud failure is not known to occur in Aldrich, Butte, Fritz, Ne Plus, Padre, Ruby, Solano and Sonora.
Packing Variety, recommended for new plantings in the Fresno area. Within their harvest season, these varieties have demonstrated superior overall quality with respect to size, color, firmness, flavor, yield, storage and shipping. Used for apricot, cherry, nectarine, peach, plum and interspecific fruit types.
Farmers Market Favorite™: varieties that have demonstrated, where adapted, consistent production of especially desirable, high-flavored fruit for local farmers market/fruit stand distributiion.
Zaiger Variety: developed by Zaiger's Inc. Genetics of Modesto, California. Dave Wilson Nursery is the exclusive U.S. licensor and primary propagator.
Note: Fruit and nut varieties in the Commercial Catalog are offered exclusively to commercial growers in commercial quantities for the purpose of commercial fruit and nut production. Products in this catalog are not offered for resale.