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In La Vanguardia’s Readers’ Photos we can see the late-flowering almond trees of the soleta variety, which shows its mid-March flowers, avoiding frost.
Now they are throwing away the petals to make way for the leaves. It is a pleasure for the senses to be able to contemplate the white soil of delicate and aromatic petals in Alcorisa (Teruel).
According to the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, “the Soleta almond tree comes from a cross between Blanquerna and Belle d’Aurons obtained at the CITA in Zaragoza, and is a protected variety.”
Noted “for its very long flowering, for its productivity and because it is very easy to shape and prune.” Furthermore, the soleta variety was “one of the first varieties used in super-intensive and hedge systems.”
The soleta almond tree is self-fertile, that is, “it does not need another variety for its production.” The flower is white, medium-large in size and its flowering is long-lasting. It has semi-late flowering, 2-3 days before the Guara variety, that is, late February and early March.
