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A farmer walks down a row of blossoming almond trees in and orchard along Highway 120 near Murphy Road in Escalon. Nearly all of the more than 70,000 acres of almond trees, primarily located in the south San Joaquin County, are in bloom, just in time for the 56th annual Almond Blossom Festival which runs from February 23 to 25 in Ripon. [CLIFFORD OTO/THE RECORD]