TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Jane S.
TI  - The garden of invention: Luther Burbank and the business of breeding plants 
SN  - 9781594202094 (alk. paper)
AV  - SB63.B9 S635 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Press
KW  - Burbank, Luther,
KW  - Plant breeders
KW  - United States
KW  - Biography
KW  - Plant breeding
KW  - History
N1  - 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
ER  -