Luther Burbank.
Burbank, Luther
American Horticulturist1849-1926
Luther Burbank was the most well-known plant breeder of the Age of Agriculture. He was born March 7, 1849, in Lancaster, Massach...
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Luther Burbank
1849-1926
American plant breeder known as the "Wizard of Santa Rosa." Burbank had experimental gardens in Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, California. He used artificial selecti...
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The American plant breeder Luther Burbank (1849-1926) originated many varieties of garden plants, grains, and fruits. He was popularly known as a "wizard" because of the stream of new and improved for...
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Luther Burbank developed an early interest in gardening, one which he continued to explore throughout his life. The thirteenth of fifteen children, he had only the equivalent of a high school educatio...
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