Commercial Varieties of Almond

Name of Variety	Salient Features	Recommended Areas
Shalimar	Trees are medium and spreading. Nuts are long, bold, tapering with curved pointed apex. Nut colour creamy brown to whitish, soft shelled, mid-season maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand
Mukhdoom	Trees are large and spreading, mid blooming. Nuts broad at shoulder, bold and slightly curved at apex. Nut colour brown, soft shelled, mid to late maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand
Waris	Trees upright and medium vigour, mid blooming. Nuts medium, bold, bulged shoulder, sharply pointed apex. Nut colour brown to creamy whitish, soft shelled, mid to late maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand
Non-Pareil	Trees moderately vigorous, upright to spreading, mid blooming. Nuts medium, bold, light brown, thin shelled, early maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Drake	Trees low vigour, spreading, mid blooming. Nuts small to medium, bold, roundish with pointed apex, creamy whitish brown, semi-soft shelled, mid maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Ne-Plus Ultra	Trees vigorous and spreading, mid blooming. Nuts medium to large, flattened, bold, light brown, paper shelled, mid maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Merced	Trees medium vigour, upright, mid blooming. Nuts medium, bold, slightly flattened, light brown, paper shelled, mid to late maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand
Pranyaj	Trees moderate vigour, spreading, mid blooming. Nuts medium, brown, flattened to bulged, kernel medium to large, papery shelled, mid maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand
Primorskij	Trees spreading, moderately vigorous, mid to late blooming. Nuts medium to large, bold, slightly flattened, brown, kernel medium to large, soft paper shelled, late maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand
California Paper Shell	Trees upright, medium vigour, mid blooming. Nuts long, light brown, paper shelled, mid to late maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
IXL	Trees spreading, intermediate vigour, mid blooming. Nuts medium, bold, brown, kernel medium, soft shelled, mid to late maturity.	Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand