She billey dooghyssagh da'nÇhiar Veanagh eeAlmon (Prunus dulcis) nyalmond ny keayrtyn. Sthie y ghenusPrunus, t'ad cur ee myrane leshpeitshag 'syn 'o-ghenusAmygdalus, ry-eddyrscarrey veih fo-ghenera elley er coontey y bleayst crampit (endocarp) mygeayrt y rass.
Ta mess yn-ee eck. Cha nee feerchro t'ayn, aghdroop: ta bleayst vooie echey, as bleayst chreoi sthie as y rass ("cro") aynjee. Ta "bleaystaghey" almon çheet er goaill y vleayst jeh'n rass. T'ad creckey almonyn er nyn mleaystaghey (gyn bleayst) ny gyn (as bleayst orroo foast).
She billey begyn-lhoamey ee almond, eddyr 4-10m er yrjid, as wheesh as 30 kentimeadar er crontessen. Taslattagyn aegey geayney ec y toshiaght; t'ad gorrym-jiargaghey fo soilshey ny greiney, as t'ad çheet dy ve lheeah 'sy nah vlein. Taduillagyn 3-5" er lhiurid eck.[1] Taoirr feeacklagh oc, as cass duillag. Tablaaghyn baney ny baney-jiargey ec almondyn, 3-5 kentimeadar er lhiurid, as 5 petalyn oc. T'ad cur magh blaaghyn anmagh 'syn arrey, nyn lomarcan ny ayns jeesyn.[2][3]
T'ad gymmyrkey mess erreish da queig bleeantyn. Ta'n mess appee 'sy tourey, mysh 7-8 meeghyn erreish da ny blaaghyn çheet magh.[2][3]
Rerelus-oaylleeaght, cha neecro t'ayn aghdroop mysh 3-6 kentimeadar er lhiurid. Ta coadagh mooie (exocarp) ecPrunus, as shen feillagh ecplumbissyn asshillishyn; ta coadagh mooie almonyn lhiareagh. Ta bleayst 'uyghoil voggylagh ny sthie, as shen ynendocarp. Ta'n rass hene sthie y vleayst, as shen ny t'ad cur "cro" er.
- ↑Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium (1976).Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. New York: Macmillan.
- ↑abRushforth, Keith (1999).Collins wildlife trust guide trees: a photographic guide to the trees of Britain and Europe. London: Harper Collins.ISBN 0-00-220013-9.
- ↑abGriffiths, Mark D.; Anthony Julian Huxley (1992).The New Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. London: Macmillan Press.ISBN 0-333-47494-5.
