Talk:Luther Burbank

message: Most of my knowledge of Burbank comes from reading the Krafts' book, which was based mainly on interviews with people who knew him and on original documents.  They did not give me the impression that he was a member of any religion, although he had spiritual beliefs.  I'm not sure if I should take off this tag in case the Unitarian Universalists might feel that I am persecuting their religion. Steve Dufour 12:24, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I will check that out.  The Krafts certainly had me fooled.  :-)  Steve Dufour 04:26, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I will do this.  One of the objections to the featured article candidacy was that the article was too "listy". Steve Dufour 08:00, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Unitarian Universalist?

message: Austerlitz 88.72.6.86 11:30, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the two links above, because they were places to buy the book, and Wikipedia is not an advertising site.  Here is the text of Training of the Human Plant by Luther Burbank — Randall Bart 18:53, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

text: Austerlitz -- 88.72.6.58 09:59, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Another booklet written by Luther Burbank

message: Dear colleagues, please help find last scientific data about numbers of Burbank's strains or varieties. How many from his strains are really use in the beginnings of 1900-, in the middle of XX century (1940-1970), and today? 
In long discussions (look Editing Talk:Luther Burbank for an article in ru-wiki proect branch) and on the process for nomination for Good article (look discussions for nomination, in russian) we see such comments as: (many Burbank's strains/varieties) - "urbal legends" or "activity of this doubtful (or litigions) figure" (in russian: "деятельности этой спорной фигуры"). Some doubts were expressed in operations in the article (such as this).
Is it the correct or withstand modern point of view?
Did we really can said today: "Luther Burbank - doubtful figure", and "his 800-1200 strains and varieties - only some kinds of urbal legends"?
Your comment is important for the correct estimation of Burbank person, and for the estimation of context quality of the Russian article :ru:Бёрбанк, Лютер on the process for nomination of one for Good article. 
With kind regards, Alexandrov (talk) 13:35, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Luther Burbank's strains or varieties  as urbal legends? 

message: Hi except for Burbank Potato are there any of Burbank's "creations" still on market? Wasn't Burbank a friend of great author Jack London? Thanks!Andreisme (talk) 04:15, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a list of the 800 to 1000 items which Burbank created in the 1941 list put together by the University of California.  It is available in recent printings of A Gardener Touched with Genius.  Some original Burbank items are available (Shasta Daisy, Santa Rosa Plum, Plumcot, etc.).  The Burbank Russet potato is a slight mutation of what Burbank found.  In many cases, it is newer versions of his creations which you will find.  Yes, Burbank was a friend of London.  Visit the Luther Burbank Home & Gardens to learn more.MikeVdP (talk) 06:31, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  A question  except for Burbank Potato are there any Burbank "creations" ? 

message: There is a Luther Burbank Park on Mercer Island Washington just to the east of Seattle.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 54.240.196.185 (talk) 17:23, 20 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  There is another namesake in Mercer Island Washington (near Seattle) 

message: "Burbank's continued legacy is revealed in the thousands of Sonoma County citizens who are cursed to suffer annually from allergies because of his sick fascination with interbreeding flowers. To this day he is known as "Lex" Luther Burbank and it is common to hear Sonoma County residents cursing his name between April and July. He will live in infamy as a "very bad man."[5]"  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.58.154.70 (talk) 17:26, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: == this bit looks like spam to me and I'll remove ==========

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thread_title: Assessment comment

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: For a while the article has identified and categorized Burbank as an atheist based on a cursory description in a government report. The actual quote and its context are much more nuanced. I've corrected the categorization, and included the direct quote, along with other interesting information. Tapered (talk) 07:00, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Atheism 

message: There is no mention that he was an advocate of Negative Eugenics.
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Hardyplants (talk) 09:48, 6 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eugenics 

message: "The Russet Burbank potato was in fact invented to help with the devastating situation in Ireland following the Great Famine. This particular potato variety was created by Burbank to help "revive the country's leading crop" as it is slightly late blight-resistant. Late blight is a disease that spread and destroyed potatoes all across Europe, but caused extreme chaos in Ireland due to the high dependency on potatoes as a crop by the Irish.[2]"
This section has problems.  The Burbank Seedling was "found" not hybridized, created or invented.
The Great Famine ended before the discovery of the Burbank Seedling.
Where does the "revive..." quote come from?
The Burbank Russet seems to be an early 20th century mutation -- a good one!
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12230-014-9397-5MikeVdP (talk) 06:26, 7 December 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  potato discussion