Abstract: ‘Nongmei’iS a new almond variety introduced from the United States of American． The mul—
tiple spots regional trials have showed that it has high marketable quality with thin shell
， higher ratio of ker—
nel，neater of nut．It also has many other advantages such as early bearing
， high yield，early maturity and SO
on．‘Nongmei’is suitable f0r growing in north China and northwest of China with cool temperature(≥1 1 oC)
and less rainfa11．

Key words: Prunus communis Fritsch, Variety