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The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants Tapa blanda - 2010
de Jane S. Smith
A delightful narrative history of the celebrated plant-breeder Luther Burbank in early 20th-century America, "The Garden of Invention" is a colorful and engrossing examination of gardening, science, and business in the years between the Civil War and the Great Depression.
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The 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.
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.
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- Título The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants
- Autor Jane S. Smith
- Encuadernación Tapa blanda
- Edición First Edition Fi
- Páginas 368
- Volúmenes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Penguin Books, New York, NY
- Fecha de publicación 2010-02-23
- Ilustrado Sí
- ISBN 9780143116899 / 0143116894
- Peso 0.7 libras (0.32 kg)
- Dimensiones 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.9 pulgadas (20.07 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm)
- Época de 18 a UP años
- Cursos 13 - UP
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- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Dewey Decimal Code 630.92
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- New York Times Book Review, 03/14/2010, Page 22
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