The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants
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| Rating | : | 4.81 (975 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0143116894 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Deserves a spot in any general lending library GARDEN OF INVENTION: LUTHER BURBANK AND THE BUSINESS OF BREEDING PLANTS offers an excellent history of the plant breeder and farm and garden efforts in early 20th century America. A century ago Burbank was the most famous gardener on the planet. This survey of his contributions is not a biography nor an encyc. Amazon Customer said I'm pretty sure it's all here. If you want to know about Luthar Burbank, I'm pretty sure it's all here. In fact, if there is a downside, it's probably that you might not want to know -this- much about him. I was very interested in his gardening techniques, and while this was in the book, it was a small part. This is a comprehensive biograp. "A Gem for You Plant Nuts!!" according to Frank Beckendorf. No one can argue that Luther Burbank did more for plants, farming and gardening than anyone else. His work has helped to feed thousands.American ingenuity is an obvious standout in this selection where his genius shines and his ideas provide a portrait of the fastening of gardens, science and business of inve
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. 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.. The wide-ranging and delightful history of celebrated plan
. in English from Yale University and has taught at Northwestern University on topics ranging from twentieth-century fiction to the history of public health. She received her Ph.D. Her history of the first polio vaccine, Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine, was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology. Smith writes about the intersection of natu
Amazingly, Burbank discovered independently the Mendelian principles that form the basis of genetics, and developed more than 800 varieties of fruits, nuts, vegetables and flowers. He made little money, largely owing to insufficient patent law (plants were not covered at the time) and his own paranoia, but he gained ample fame amid the 19th-century vogue for progress. From Publishers Weekly Though as famous in his day as Thomas Edison, agricultural pioneer Luther Burbank (1849–1926) is little remembered; in this straightforward, engaging biography,