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Smith, Jane S.

The garden of invention : Luther Burbank and the business of breeding plants / Jane S. Smith. - New York : Penguin Press, 2009. - 354 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-343) and index.

Nature in an age of invention -- The lucky spud -- The second gold rush -- Faster, better, sweeter -- A personal interlude -- Marketing the new creation -- The philosopher in the orchard, the scientist in the pea patch -- California boosters and the ivory tower -- The Carnegie Institution seal of approval -- The training of the human plant -- Learning from Luther Burbank -- The Corn Palace and the empire of the prickly pear -- The meeting of the masters -- The garden of beautiful thoughts -- Transplanting the legacy -- The creator's art -- The garden as intellectual property.

ISBN: 9781594202094 (alk. paper) 1594202095 (alk. paper)

Standard No.: 40016674311

LCCN: 2009001822

Subjects--Personal Names:
Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Plant breeders--United States--Biography.
Plant breeding--History.--United States

LC Class. No.: SB63.B9 / S635 2009

National Agricultural Library Call No.: SB63.B9 / S65 2009