LUTHER BURBANK - AUTOGRAPH SENTIMENT SIGNED 04/18/1925 - HFSID 156283
Sale Price $215.00
Reg. $260.00
LUTHER BURBANK
Luther Burbank signs a card in black ink while in Santa Rosa,
California.
Autograph sentiment signed: "Faithfully Yours/Luther Burbank/Santa
Rosa Calif April 18th 1925", 4x2½ card. American botanist and horticulturist
Luther Burbank (1849-1926), a pioneer in agricultural science, developed
the Burbank potato from 1872-1874 and used the proceeds to move to Santa
Rosa, California, where he established a greenhouse, nursery and experimental
fields. His Burbank potato, which was introduced in Ireland to help combat
the blight epidemic, later became the Russet Burbank potato, which became
the most cultivated potato in the U.S. and is today exclusively used for
McDonald's French fries. Over his 55-year career, Burbank developed over
800 strains and varieties of plants, fruits and vegetables, including plums,
berries, tomatoes, corn, squash, lilies, roses, the Shasta daisy and the Fire
poppy. Burbank's eight-volume work, How Plants Are Trained to Work for
Man, one of his many writings, was published in 1921. Fine
condition.
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