P^ch, "Opulent" 
7 HE surpassing value of the Muir — Wager class of peaches for hardiness, 
regular bearing, unusually small stone and firm, yellow, sugary flesh has 
made them very popular and the White Nectarine with its rare beauty, 
large size and rich, acid flesh, has never been surpassed. We thought a good 
combination of these 
two should produce a 
fruit for home use of 
surpassing excellence. 
Ten years have proved 
the value of the inspira- 
tion, and the best result 
of this work is the 
"OPULENT" peach, 
now offered for the first 
time. 
The form and size are 
shown in the cut. Skin, 
creamy white, slightly 
downy and usually about 
half covered with crim- 
son clots and blushes. 
Flesh, light straw 
color throughout, fine 
texture, quite firm, yet 
unusually juicy and 
with a most exquisite commingling of the Muir peach sweetness and the acid of 
the White Nectarine, producing what may be called "a high vinous flavor." The 
very best of judges East, West, North and South say the fragrance and flavor is 
not possessed by any other peach, and no one can be induced to eat other peaches 
when "OPULENT" is at hand. 
The stone is unusually small and parts perfectly from the flesh. 
The fruit ripens here July 20th, just before Early Crawford. The tree is a 
good strong grower and bears more regularly than almost any other, except the 
Muir Wager class. After a thorough test of several years, not only by Cali- 
fornians, but by representatives of many Eastern colleges and Experiment Sta- 
tions, I am thoroughly convinced that "OPULENT" should be grown by every- 
body. It is the first peach ever introduced from my grounds, and the best one I 
have ever yet produced. 
Price, June bud trees : Each, $2 ; five, $8 ; ten, $15. 
We do not fill this Catalogue with testimonials of the value of these new 
Fruits and Flowers, though we have enough to fill one twenty times as large. 
The best way to judge of the value of any novelty is to look to its source, 
and the Fruits and Flowers which have been bred and educated on Burbank's Ex- 
periment Farms and now growing all around the world are the very best testimony 
which can be given. Nor do we send out seeds and grafts for trial, for when a 
fruit or flower is well tested it is already introduced and there would be no occa- 
sion for publishing these "New Creations." 
"The demand for novelties is constantly increasing, and at no previous time have 
remits in this direction met with so ready appreciation. 
"The diversification and extension of fruit and vegetable industries into new 
regions creates a demand for varieties adapted to various conditions. 
"As the conditions are numberless, the field for improvement seems almost in- 
exhaustible. No branch of horticulture or agriculture promises more important and re- 
munerative results than may be attained by intelligent plant breeding." — "New England 
Florist." 
