Butte

Variety of Almond · Prunus dulcis

Small, high-yielding California variety, often planted paired with Padre.

🇺🇸 USA

Taste & characteristics

nuttysweet

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Small, wrinkled kernel, high kernel ratio; semi-hard shell.

Very productive, late-flowering, self-sterile.

High nut count per tree; widespread as a processing almond.

Butte and Padre are often marketed together.

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