Tim Tyler writes
K wrote:

Most of the fruit we grow in the UK is the same family - they are
all in the rose family :-)
Rose family includes apples, pears, plums, damsons, apricots,
medlars, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries etc (as well as lots
our ornamentals and wild flowers). [...]
But within the Rose family, there are a large number of genera,
including Malus = apples and crab apples, Pyrus = pears, Rubus =
raspberries, blackberries etc,
And in particular, Prunus includes plums, damsons, greengages,
bullaces, cherry plums, cherries, sloes, apricot and peach. All
things with a stone. So you were right in spotting that similarity.
But almond is Amygdala - don't know why, because the fruit is very
peach-like - help, someone?

The taxonomy browser[*] places almonds in with plums, apricots
and peaches:

That makes me feel much happier :-)

thanks for the link
--
Kay