LUTHER BURBANK 
white skin with numerous beautiful dots and 
shadings of light and dark crimson, and the flesh 
is pale lemon yellow, suggesting a blend of the 
deeper tint of the Muir peach and the white flesh 
of the nectarine. In flavor the fruit has an in- 
describably delicious quality that in my estimate 
surpasses that of all other peaches. But it is too 
soft for long shipment, although having all the 
desirable qualities of a home fruit. The Opulent 
has been acknowledged by all who have tested it 
to be the best in quality of any peach ever pro- 
duced. 
The tree is unusually hardy. It has been culti- 
vated as far north as Canada and has proved able 
to endure a temperature of 40 degrees below zero, 
bearing a full crop after other peaches in the same 
locality were destroyed by the severity of the 
winter. 
Among the numerous seedlings from the Opu- 
lent, some are white nectarines pure and simple, 
some are red or pink nectarines, and some closely 
resemble the Muir peach. Yet here and there one 
differs from any known variety of peach or nec- 
tarine. 
Similar results have been obtained in a subse- 
quent series of experiments, in which the white 
nectarine was crossed with the early Crawford 
and peaches of other varieties. These crosses pro- 
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