While almonds are grown in 7 other countries, such as Spain, Italy, and Australia, about 80% of the world's supply comes from California. That makes the nut California's second largest crop and their number one agricultural export.

Do almonds come from peaches?

Almonds Are In The Peach Family

The nut we know as the almond is technically the hard-shelled fruit of the almond tree, itself a member of the prunus family. This category of stone fruit encompasses trees and shrubs that produce edible fruit like cherries, plums, peaches and nectarines.

Do almonds come from apricots?

Both the almond and the apricot belong to the prunus family, also known as the "stone fruits". Cherries, peaches and plums belong to this family too. ... The flavour of the nut is similar to the almond, so a dual purpose tree results, producing both fruit and nut.