The plants successfully germinated, fruited and persisted. He found that the vines were low maintenance and fruited well. Additionally, one guide says that the puffballs are edible when densely fruited. Hard cakes of colonised substrate can then be fruited in a humid container. Walter T. Swingle's pistachios from Syria had already fruited well at Niles, California, by 1917. In Ireland, barm is used in the traditional production of barmbrack, a fruited bread. The tree first fruited in 1919 and was recognized for its excellent eating qualities. The Romans believed that fungi fruited when lightning struck. The tree first fruited in 1934, and propagation began in 1939. The variety was known to withstand shipping and also fruited into late summer. Three years later in 1855, Van Houtte fruited the species. It first fruited in 1940 and commercial propagation began in 1949.