Salt Lake Tribune | 1907-06-30 | Page 16 | Potatoes Grow on Tomato Vines in The Golden State

? POTATOES GROW ON TOMATO VINES IJf X t THE GOLDEN STATE If -r 4- If he who makes two blades r of gniss grow where only one -I I- grew before is moro blessed v I- than a whole generation of r -I politicians, how much more so I r must ho bo who causes, two 4 i complete and different vege- i ! inblos to grow on the same -1 I stalk, ono under ground and the ! other above ground. r 'J Such a feat has been aecom- r plished by Br. A. J. Wilder, a v i wealthy recluse who conducts 4 4 main exporiments in . plant 4- 4 breeding on his farm near Bead- 4 4- ing, Cat. His latest achieve- .4- 4 me hi he calls a "pomato. " Tt 4 4 is a single plant with a tomato 4- 4 vine which produces full-sized 4 4 fruit on the upper stem, and 4 4 on tho roots Irish potatoes an 4 4 large as the average. 4 4 Dr. Wilder says "he produced 4- 4- the strange freak after many 4 4 experiments in mixing 'pollen 4 4 and in the 'cross-grafting of 4 4 plants. 4