Hall's Hardy Almond
The Halls Hardy Almond Tree is the best Almond variety for cold climates, hardy as far north as USDA Zone 6. The Halls Hardy Nut is very hard and both the fruit and leaves resemble a peach until the fruit fully develops. This Almond variety bears heavily in October after blooming last among other Almond Trees. The Halls Hardy Almond Tree produces the best crop when pollinated with the Texas (Mission) Almond Tree. The Halls Hardy Almond Tree blooms late enough in the season to escape harmful late Spring frosts, and many nuts are formed after two or three seasons of tree growth. The almond nut grows within a fruit that resembles a peach, but the pit is edible and not poisonous and bitter like a peach pit. Halls Hardy Almonds are high in protein and taste great in baked goods, and this semi-self fertile almond tree produces beautiful pink blooms. The almond fruit is collected and consumed by many kinds of wildlife animals.