Show I Almond of Rose Family The almond shrub although oily ally thought of ot as us a n nut bearing tree or 01 shrub lJ Is lu in reality a close relative e to the rose roge It Is a native e of the 1 Mediterranean region hut but is grown in this country In California where Its cultivation Is fairly ex ex- 1 Roughly the time 1 almond I 0 Is di dl divided I. I I fl vided ed Into two groups the lie first kno yn JIs as is bitter amo almond alii and the I second the sweet sw t almond The bit bit- bitter ter tes almond Is In the manufacture ture of flavoring 01 c extracts and md prussic sic Ic acid The sweet s almond Imon Is of or two type 0 the shelled hard and the paper paper- I shelled It Is the latter which enters en en- i tern commerce I en-I |