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Name: Luther Burbank
Birth Date: March 7, 1849
Death Date: April 11, 1926
Place of Birth: Lancaster, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: botanist, plant breeder

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Biography of Luther Burbank
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The American plant breeder Luther Burbank (1849-1926) originated many varieties of garden plants, grains, and fruits. He was popularly known as a "wizard" because of the stream of new and improved forms that came from his experimental farm. In Luther...
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Biography of Luther Burbank
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Luther Burbank developed an early interest in gardening, one which he continued to explore throughout his life. The thirteenth of fifteen children, he had only the equivalent of a high school education but his natural botanical talents more than made...


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Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul. If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed. Nature's laws affirm...


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Burbank, Luther Summary
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Luther Burbank. American Horticulturist1849-1926 Luther Burbank was the most well-known plant breeder of the Age of Agriculture. He was born March 7, 1849, in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He had little formal science training, but his efforts to...
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1849-1926 American plant breeder known as the "Wizard of Santa Rosa." Burbank had experimental gardens in Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, California. He used artificial selection and hybridization on a massive scale to produce new variations...
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Luther Burbank (March 7 1849 – April 11, 1926) [1] was an American botanist, horticulturist and a pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank's varied creations included...


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Today in history - March 7
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Today is Wednesday, March 7, the 66th day of 2007. There are 299 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 7, 1965, a march by civil rights demonstrators was broken up in Selma, Ala., by state troopers and a sheriff's posse.On this date:In...


 

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