May be ten years ago I bought bare root almond plants from National
Arboretum - about 4 of them. But three survived the harassment of
deers and such. Only one has become about 5 foot and the other two
about a foot and a half. The big one started fruiting for the past
three years. First year before I got to them the deers gulped them
all pulling the branches. Last year I did not test them. This year I
see many little ones on the branches. The question is are almonds in
a fruit? they look exactly like peaches? do I have almond tree or
peach tree? even the pit inside looks like peach pit. I should have
eaten one last year but did not. Does any one have almond tree of so
give me some input. Thanks. Vimala Siddalingaiah

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May be ten years ago I bought bare root almond plants from National
Arboretum - about 4 of them. But three survived the harassment of
deers and such. Only one has become about 5 foot and the other two
about a foot and a half. The big one started fruiting for the past
three years. First year before I got to them the deers gulped them
all pulling the branches. Last year I did not test them. This year I
see many little ones on the branches. The question is are almonds in
a fruit? they look exactly like peaches? do I have almond tree or
peach tree? even the pit inside looks like peach pit. I should have
eaten one last year but did not. Does any one have almond tree of so
give me some input.

My almond tree fruited for the first time this year. My almonds look like
peaches but long and thin. The actual nut is inside the kernel. If you have
a peach tree as well you can see that the peach tree is quite like the
almond tree. I think the almond tree is tougher than the peach though.

According to the RHS fruit and vegetable gardening book, you should wait
until the fruit splits before harvesting the almonds. By the way, your trees
seem very small compared to mine. I bought a grafted plant in a container
and planted it in the garden about three years ago and it's now about three
and a half metres high. I wonder why my tree is so big compared to yours?