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The garden of invention : Luther Burbank and the business of breeding plants
- Title
- The garden of invention : Luther Burbank and the business of breeding plants / Jane S. Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Jane S.
- Publication
- New York : Penguin Group, 2010, c2009.
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Details
- Description
- 354 p. : ill., ports., facs.; 21 cm.
- Subjects
- Contents
- Inventing the garden -- Nature in an age of invention -- The lucky spud -- The second gold rush -- Faster, better, sweeter -- A personal interlude -- Marketing the new creation -- Understanding the garden -- 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 -- Possessing the garden -- The meeting of the masters -- The garden of beautiful thoughts -- Transplanting the legacy -- The creator's art -- The garden as intellectual property -- Searching for Luther Burbank.
- Call Number
- JSD 11-195
- ISBN
- 0143116894 (pbk.)
- 9780143116899 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 430052043
- Author
- Smith, Jane S.
- Title
- The garden of invention : Luther Burbank and the business of breeding plants / Jane S. Smith.
- Imprint
- New York : Penguin Group, 2010, c2009.
- Research Call Number
- JSD 11-195