The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants
by Smith, Jane S
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The wide-ranging and delightful history of celebrated plant breeder Luther Burbank and the business of farm and garden in early twentieth- century America At no other time in history has there been more curiosity or concern about the food we eat-and genetically modified foods, in particular, have become both pervasive and suspect. A century ago, however, Luther Burbank's blight-resistant potatoes, white blackberries, and plumcots-a plum-apricot hybrid-were celebrated as triumphs in the best tradition of American ingenuity and perseverance. In his experimental grounds in Santa Rosa, California, Burbank bred and cross-bred edible and ornamental plants-for both home gardens and commercial farms-until they were bigger, hardier, more beautiful, and more productive than ever before. A fascinating portrait of an American original, The Garden of Invention is also a colorful and engrossing tale of the intersection of gardening, science and business in the years between the Civil War and the Great Depression.
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- The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants
- Author
- Smith, Jane S
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 750
- ISBN 10
- 0143116894
- ISBN 13
- 9780143116899
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- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, Ny
- Date Published
- 2010-02-23
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