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The garden of invention :

by Smith, Jane S. Published by : Penguin Press, (New York :) Physical details: 354 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. ISBN:9781594202094 (alk. paper); 1594202095 (alk. paper).

Subject(s): Burbank, Luther, -- 1849-1926. | Plant breeders -- United States -- Biography. | Plant breeding -- United States -- History.

Year: 2009

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Item type	Current location	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Long Loan Books	Rongo University Library Welcome to RUC OPAC General Stacks	Non-fiction	SB63.B9 S635 2009 (Browse shelf)	Available		20157633

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.

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