"Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
. ..
> "Paul M. Cook" > wrote in
> :
>
>>>> It takes one gallon of water to grow an almond, but 3.3
>>>> gallons of water to grow a tomato. Almonds sell at a premium
>>>> compared to tomatoes.
>>>
>>> That is cracker economics at its most risible. You cannot
>>> grow a single almond, you have to grow a tree which will
>>> produce many almonds (I would imagine close to 100 almonds
>>> per tree if my experience in Andalucia is similar), each if
>>> them requiring a "gallon" (or more accurately 4 litres) of
>>> water. You can however grow a few tomatoes instead of a
>>> hundred.
>>
>> One almond tree produces thousands of almonds.
>
> In one batch or over the life of the tree? .

One season. 2,670 shelled pounds per acre in 2011.




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