01781cam a22003374a 4500 15620082 OSt 20151125100656.0 090206s2009 nyua b 001 0beng 2009001822 9781594202094 (alk. paper) 1594202095 (alk. paper) (OCoLC)ocn233549237 DNAL/DLC DLC BTCTA BAKER YDXCP C#P BWX OCLCQ YUS COO CQU DLC pcc n-us--- SB63.B9 S635 2009 630.92 22 Smith, Jane S. The garden of invention : Luther Burbank and the business of breeding plants / Jane S. Smith. New York : Penguin Press, 2009. 354 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-343) and index. Nature in an age of invention -- The lucky spud -- The second gold rush -- Faster, better, sweeter -- A personal interlude -- Marketing the new creation -- The philosopher in the orchard, the scientist in the pea patch -- California boosters and the ivory tower -- The Carnegie Institution seal of approval -- The training of the human plant -- Learning from Luther Burbank -- The Corn Palace and the empire of the prickly pear -- The meeting of the masters -- The garden of beautiful thoughts -- Transplanting the legacy -- The creator's art -- The garden as intellectual property. Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926. Plant breeders United States Biography. Plant breeding United States History. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 251502 251502 0 0 lcc 0 0 NFIC 40404 40404 GEN 2015-11-25 0 SB63.B9 S635 2009 20157633 2015-11-25 00:00:00 2015-11-25 BK