Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-11-30
EGGS ON A BUSH.
A Fruit That Cannot Be Dlstin guished
from the Product OF the Hen.

from the Product OF the Hen.
Among the many curious things in
the plant world. such as flowers that
eat flies, the Holy Ghost plant, that
bears white dove in it's petals, aud
others equally interesting; there is none
more curious than the solanum patat-
rum, recent addition to Golden Gate
park conservatory, says the San Fran
cisco inquirer.
This plant bears hard boiled eggs for
fruit. AT least the fruit resembles a
hard-boiled egg with the shell taken off,
as nearly as truly egg can.
There are three eggs on the park
plant-one as large as a pigeons egg.
another the size of turkeys product
and the third is about five and a half
inches long by two and half wide. In
color they are identical to the blush.
white of the cooked article of hen pro-
duction. The laying plant was the
great objectof attraction in the conserv-
atory and groups of people stood
before it all day, wondering what it
was and whether the fruit was good
to eat.
Gardener Monroe received it about q
month ago from Mr.. Silverinc, of Ben
lcia. The plant belongs to the solanum
FAMILY, In which are included the po-
tato, the tomato and the deadly night
shade. 1t is first cousin to the purple
eggplant, an article of food extensive "
sold in San Francisco markets, and is
equally as palatable and nutritious.
The blossom is small, of rich purple
hue and when the flower drops off a lit
tie white egg is seen. This grows to
about the size of its cousin, the pear
shaped eggplant of commerce.. But the
white variety preserves it's perfect egg
shape in oil stages of it's development.
1t thrives in the open air wherever
the purple plant grows, and is cult
waited in the same way. Another vari-
ETY. of the same family bears a golden
yellow fruit, but the white variety is
the only one in which the fruit is of the
ovoid form.
When pressed between the fingers the
white fruit is found to possess the same
soft, elastic feeling as hard boiled egg.
The interior is filled with cells and
small seeds, like the purple plant or the
tomato.
Aside from its utility as an article of
food it is priced for it's rarity and beauty.
The plant stands about two feet high
and has broad, soft, oval leaves of dark
green.
Although it has been in the conserva-
tory only about a month it has not
! pnllcd upon the public interest, but it is
visited daily by botanists and others
interested in watching the development
of the little egg.
The fruit possesses one defect. 1t
cannot be Matched into broilers.
A Cushion Car Wheel.
Ihe latest invention to attract the at-
tentlon and approval Of railroad men is
! the cushion car wheel, which is said to
possess many advantages in the way of
simplicity, safety and economy, while.
at the same time, being almost noise
less. The wheel is composed of two
parts, the center and the tire, while be-
tween the two is q thick rubber band
which acts as a cushion to absorb all
the vibrations. by peculiar construc-
tion' the tire is made so that it NAV be
removed without taking the wheel
from the axle. The rubber is so inter.
posed between the center and the tire
as not to be liable to injury from a hot
box or from tho norroe;,o oo4:o~. r a.,