The garden of invention
Subtitle: Luther Burbank and the business of breeding plants
By: Jane S. Smith.
Publisher: Penguin Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9781594202094
Subjects: Burbank, Luther, -- 1849-1926; Plant breeders -- United States -- Biography; Plant breeding -- United States -- History
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Nature in an age of invention; title: The lucky spud; title: The second gold rush; title: Faster, better, sweeter; title: A personal interlude; title: Marketing the new creation; title: The philosopher in the orchard, the scientist in the pea patch; title: California boosters and the ivory tower; title: The Carnegie Institution seal of approval; title: The training of the human plant; title: Learning from Luther Burbank; title: The Corn Palace and the empire of the prickly pear; title: The meeting of the masters; title: The garden of beautiful thoughts; title: Transplanting the legacy; title: The creator's art; title: The garden as intellectual property.