Download or read book Half Hour Experiments with Plants written by Luther Burbank and published by Sierra Skies. This book was released on 1922-01-01 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gardening tips from the" Plant Wizard" himself Luther Burbank was probably America's most famous botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his lifetime. Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables. He developed a spineless cactus (useful for cattle-feed) and the plumcot. This booklet was probably produced by the publisher of his multi-volume masterpiece on plants and his specific gardening techniques as a way to sell a less expensive 'teaser' book to entice serious gardeners to buy his more expensive titles. It briefly details some of his famous plant inventions, and his background. It mostly covers his core experimental techniques for hand-pollenization and grafting that enabled him to do the hundreds and hundreds of experiments that led to his numerous plant discoveries. Burbank's most successful strains and varieties include the Shasta daisy, the fire poppy (note possible confusion with the California wildflower, Papaver californicum, which is also called a fire poppy), the "July Elberta" peach, the "Santa Rosa" plum, the "Flaming Gold" nectarine, the "Wickson" plum (named after agronomist Edward J. Wickson), the freestone peach, and the white blackberry. A natural genetic variant of the Burbank potato with russet-colored skin later became known as the Russet Burbank potato. This large, brown-skinned, white-fleshed potato has become the world's predominant potato in food processing. Student's of Burbank and his methods would be wise to also examine the other books he wrote and co-wrote, on his methods and results, including his eight-volume How Plants Are Trained to Work for Man (1921), Harvest of the Years (with Wilbur Hall, 1927), Partner of Nature (1939), and the 12-volume Luther Burbank: His Methods and Discoveries and Their Practical Application.

Download or read book The Mentor written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Garden Home Builder written by William Tyler Miller and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Garden and Home Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Garden Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collier s written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 874 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Sunset written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sunset written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book House Garden written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Country Life written by Henry Hodgman Saylor and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Garden Magazine Home Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mentor World Traveler written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Garden Magazine and Home Builder written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Collier s Once a Week written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book House Beautiful written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Cumulative Book Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Illinois Agriculturist written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: