THE POTATO AND THE POMATO 
Reversing this act, he grafted the same kind of 
tomato plant upon the same kind of potato 
plant and produced, underground, a strange- 
looking potato with marked tomato character- 
istics. Two distinct species of tomatoes were 
crossed, producing an exceedingly interesting 
ornamental plant about twelve inches high by 
fifteen inches across. It has remarkably at- 
tractive and unusual leaves and compact clus- 
ters of uniform globular fruit, the whole 
presenting a unique appearance. In this 
connection Mr. Burbank suggests the possi- 
bilities for the development of the tomato on 
the part of amateur and commercial plant 
breeders— opportunities for the developing of 
tomatoes with greater nutrition, more _pal- 
atable, and with better keeping and canning 
qualities being pronounced. He looks upon 
the tomato as a desirable vegetable as it 
stands, but as one which by no manner of 
means has been brought up to its proper 
plane. 
But important as is the work of Mr. Bur- 
bank in potato culture, both in the production 
of the world-famous potato which bears his 
name and in the large tests now under way in 
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