The garden of invention : Luther Burbank and the business of breeding plants / Jane S. Smith.
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TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Press, 2009.Description: 354 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9781594202094 (alk. paper)
- 1594202095 (alk. paper)
- SB63.B9 S635 2009
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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.