SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM 10-QSB


               Quarterly Report Under Section 13 or 15(d) of the
                        Securities Exchange Act of 1954

For Quarter Ended:  March 31, 2001              Commission File Number: 33-10196
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                          California Almond Investors I
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                        A California Limited Partnership





                                                              

California                                                                                94-3021790
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization    I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2210 Northpoint Parkway, Santa Rosa, CA 95407
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(Address of principal executive offices)        (Zip Code)

(707) 579-3742
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the  preceding 12 months (or for such  shorter  period that the  registrant  was
required  to file  such  reports),  and  (2) has  been  subject  to such  filing
requirements for the past 90 days.

[x]    Yes           [ ]     No







                         PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION



Item 1.  Financial Statements.


                  See following pages.





























                          CALIFORNIA ALMOND INVESTORS I
                       (A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
                                  BALANCE SHEET
                                    UNAUDITED
                                 March 31, 2001

ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
     Cash                                                             $  246,957
     Investments, short term                                             113,556
     Accounts Receivable, no allowance deemed necessary                  325,101
     Inventory in Process                                                275,983
     Deferred crop costs                                                 167,522
     Advances for farm costs                                             -29,276
     Deposits and other prepaids                                            8215
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         Total Current Assets                                          1,108,058

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
     Land                                                              1,100,814
     Orchards                                                          2,216,717
     Equipment                                                         1,158,855
     Buildings                                                           141,071

                                                                       4,617,457
Less accumulated depreciation                                         -3,313,364
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                                                                       1,304,093

                                                                      $2,412,151
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LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' EQUITY

CURRENT LIABILITIES
     Accounts payable and accrued liabilities                         $   28,294
     Current portion of long-term debt                                    24,000
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          Total Current Liabilities                                       52,294

LONG-TERM DEBT, less current portion                                     312,000

PARTNERS' EQUITY                                                       2,047,857

                                                                      $2,412,151
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The financial statements, in the opinion of management,  reflect all adjustments
necessary to fairly state the financial  position and the results of operations.
These results are not necessarily to be considered indicative of the results for
the entire year.









                          PART I-FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item 2. Management's  Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
        of Operations.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

   Although Partnership  liquidity continues to decrease as production costs for
the 2001 crop  continue,  the  Partnership  will have  sufficient  liquidity  to
complete the harvest and delivery of the current crop.


Results of Operations

   The  Partnership  continued  to  operate  at a  break-even  rate in the first
quarter 2001. This result is not indicative of the results for the entire fiscal
year,  due to the seasonal  nature of the almond growing  business.  Almonds are
harvested  in August  through  October and the crop  revenues  and  expenses are
recognized  at that  time.  Since  the  partnership's  crop  care  has not  been
completed for this growing  season,  it is not possible to say if cultural costs
will be higher or lower than last year's  costs.  At this time though,  it seems
that cultural costs will be substantially the same as last year.


Almond Market

   The 2001 almond crop is currently projected to be between 850 and 900 million
pounds, which would be a record crop. If this estimate is correct, almond prices
for the 2001 crop could average below $0.80 per pound. This has had a depressing
effect on the value of almond orchards in California, and has produced an almond
orchard market with few buyers and a great many sellers.













                                     PART II


Item No.

         1.       Material developments in connection with legal proceeding -
                  not applicable

         2.       Material modification of rights of registrant's securities -
                  not applicable

         3.       Defaults on senior securities - not applicable

         4.       Submission of matters to a vote of security holders -
                  not applicable

         5.       Other events of importance - not applicable

         6.       Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K - not applicable









                                   SIGNATURES

   Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

CALIFORNIA ALMOND INVESTORS I
A California limited partnership

By:      Vintech Almond Advisers, Inc.
         A California corporation,
         Managing General Partner


         By:
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                  David A Bade
                  President