A Selection Study on Determining Important Characteristics of Almond Trees in Turkey

Abstract

In this study, carried out in 1988, 450 almond trees Amygdalus communis L.) were examined to select the important quality fruit types in natural almond population grown around the Apa Dam Lake in Cumra, Konya, Turkey, and of them 12 types were selected with regard to fruit characteristics. All selected types were seen to have the characteristics of late flowering. The average inshell fruit weights were between 3.,37 g and 5.24 g. The kernel weights were 0.64 and 1.00g and the ration kernel were 14.29% and 20.01%. All types had extremely hard shell almond characteristics.