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The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants
por Jane S. Smith
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HOUSTON, Texas, United States
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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.
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- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- SONG1594202095
- Título
- The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants
- Autor
- Jane S. Smith
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Used: Good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1594202095
- ISBN 13
- 9781594202094
- Editorial
- Penguin Press HC, The
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Data de publicação
- 2009-04-16
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