The production of such a fruit from a vegetable is one of the crowning
triumphs of the California wizard. Probably it is the most novel of
all the wonderful crosses and combinations he has given to the world.

It would be impossible here to go into detail in regard to some of the
other wonders accomplished in the plant world by this modern magician.
There is only space to merely mention a few more of his successful
achievements. He has given the improved thornless and spiculess cactus,
food for man and beast, converting it into a beautifier and reclaimer
of desert wastes; the plum-cot which is an amalgamation of the plum
and the apricot with a flavor superior to both; many kinds of plums,
some without pits, others having the taste of Bartlett pears, and still
others giving out a fragrance as sweet as the rose; several varieties
of walnuts, one with a shell as thin as paper and which was so easily
broken by the birds that Burbank had to reverse his experiment somewhat
in order to get a thicker shell; another walnut has no tannin in the
meat, which is the cause of the disagreeable flavor of the ordinary
fruit; the world-famed Shasta daisy, which is a combination of the
Japanese daisy, the English daisy and the common field daisy, and which
has a blossom seven inches in diameter; a dahlia deprived of its
unpleasant odor and the scent of the magnolia blossom substituted; a
gladiolus which blooms around the entire stem like a hyacinth instead
of the old way on one side only; many kinds of lilies with chalices
and petals different from the ordinary, and exhaling perfumes as varied
as those of Oriental gardens; a poppy of such dimension that it is
from ten to twelve inches across its brilliant bloom; an amaryllis
bred up from a couple of inches to over a foot in diameter; several
kinds of fruit trees which withstand frost in bud and in flower; a
chestnut tree which bears nuts in eighteen months from the time of
seed-planting; a white blackberry (paradoxical as it may appear), a