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Garden of Invention : Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants by Jane S. Smith (2010, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100143116894

ISBN-139780143116899

eBay Product ID (ePID)77407514

Product Key Features

Book TitleGarden of Invention : Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants

Number of Pages368 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

TopicLife Sciences / Botany, Modern / 20th Century, Industries / Agribusiness, Environmentalists & Naturalists, Science & Technology

GenreScience, Biography & Autobiography, Business & Economics, History

AuthorJane S. Smith

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight10.6 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Grade ToUP

Dewey Decimal630.92 B

SynopsisThe 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.