Nuts: Drawn-out Huilsplit Hampered Harvests

摘要

DURING the almond bloom of 2009, the abnormally long period from pink bud to petal fall resulted in an extremely long pollination period for most varieties. When this occurs in other stone fruits, it is not unusual to experience difficult tlunning andharvesting due to the wide range in maturities and sizes caused by the setting of fruit over an extended bloom period. In almonds, where every set nut is desired to be retained until harvest, not only is a wide range of kernel sizes seen at harvest, but a long and drawn-out huilsplit usually occurs.