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Informationen zum Autor Jane S. Smith Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. ...
