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Almonds

The Almond  tree is a native of the warmer parts of western Asia and of North  Africa, but it has been extensively distributed over the warm temperate  region of the Old World, and is cultivated in all the countries  bordering on the Mediterranean. It was very early introduced into  England, probably by the Romans, and occurs in the Anglo-Saxon  lists of plants, but was not cultivated in England before 1562, and then  chiefly for its blossom. Today North America is a large producer of  Almonds.
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