A Gardener Touched With Genius: The Life of Luther Burbank
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Recounts the career and personal life of the Massachusetts-born horticulturist, chronicling his extensive and influential plant experiments and distinguishing his genuine and lasting achievements from his popular reputation
Why it’s great
This biography carefully separates Luther Burbank's genuine scientific achievements from the popular legend that often obscured them, tracing the real innovations that made him influential and the lasting contributions that set him apart from the showmanship that sometimes surrounded his name. A well-researched, honest account of one of horticulture's most consequential plant breeders.
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