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Vol. IV of a twelve Volume setThis volume takes up, with greater detail, practical combinations of method - particularly as applied toward producing new orchard fruits. In this volume Mr. Burbank covered practically all the simple orchard fruits save the plum and the prune. From this volume the reader will glean much of practical interest and value from Mr. Burbank's experience with laying out orchards, to making orchards pay, and to the practical management of orchards - with an eye always to the bearing of Mr. Burbank's work upon the improvement of the human plant.Some of the chapters are: Quick Possibilities in Fruit Improvement, Practical Orchard Plans, Methods and Citrus Fruits-And Fruits from the Tropics and many more.Luther Burbank (1849-1926) was an American horticulturist, botanist, and pioneer plant breeder, who developed more than 200 new varieties of plants for which he was recognized by an Act of Congress, among many other honors. Burbank was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, and was educated at local schools and at Lancaster Academy. His boyhood was spent on a farm, and at the age of 21 he purchased a plot of land near Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and began his lifework of plant breeding. In 1873 he developed the so-called Burbank potato, a large, hardy variety of potato considered much superior to the small, easily spoiled type then grown. In 1875 Burbank moved to Santa Rosa, California, and established a nursery garden and a greenhouse that were the site of his experiments for the next 50 years. There he developed the edible, thornless Opuntia cactus; several improved varieties of fruits and vegetables; several new strains of roses and many other ornamental and decorative flowers and plants; and a new fruit called the plumcot, which is a cross between the plum and the apricot. At the time of his death he had more than 3000 experiments under way and was growing more than 5000 distinct botanical species native to many parts of the world. His work stimulated worldwide interest in plant breeding. Burbank's primary concern was the development of new varieties of plants. His ability to perform experiments that produced plants with favorable characteristics depended more on his sense of intuition than on strict scientific methodology. However, Burbank was influenced by certain scientific theories, such as the formerly accepted theory of the inheritance of acquired characteristics affirmed by Jean de Lamarck and others. Burbank's writings include Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries (12 vol., 1914-15) and How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man (8 vol., 1921). This set was prepared from the author's original field notes covering more than 100,000 experiments made during forty years devoted to plant improvement.
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9780898753011

ISBN-10

0898753015

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$35.00

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Paperback

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312 pages

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Univ Pr of the Pacific

Published On

2001-08-01


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