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Luther Burbank typescript, 1911-1912.
MANUSCRIPT3471-3474
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Title:
Luther Burbank typescript, 1911-1912Burbank
Creator/Contributor:
Burbank, Luther, 1849-1926, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Wickson, Edward J. (Edward James), 1848-1923Abstract:
Early typescript drafts of "Luther Burbank, his Methods and Discoveries, Their Practical Application" edited by Edward Wickson.
Collection also contains botanical samples sleeved with seemingly unrelated news clippings.
Date:
1911 (issued)Contents:
Box 3471: specimens and clippings; Box 3472-3473: chapter drafts, indexes, and charts; Box 3474: descriptions cut from earlier
drafts.
Subject:
n-us-caBotany -- California
Horticulture -- California
Note:
Luther Burbank was born March 7, 1849 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. Receiving only an elementary school education, he took
an early interest in botany, and using his inheritance bought a plot of land and developed the Burbank Potato. He subsequently
sold his rights and used the money to move to Santa Rosa, California. Before his death on April 11, 1926 Burbank utilized
crossbreeding and hybridization techniques, and developed many new strains and varieties of plants, fruits, and vegetables.
Edward Wickson (1848-1923) was a renowned naturalist and plant breeder who became a professor at the University of California
and editor of "Pacific Rural Press." He was asked by Burbank's publishers in 1910 to work on the 12-volume "Methods and Discoveries."
Wickson wrote a large percentage of the early drafts, but was replaced as editor in 1913 after finding it difficult getting
Burbank to focus on the project, and was out of the picture completely by 1914 (giving way to six other writers). Wickson's
concept of "Methods and Discoveries" differed greatly from what was finally issued.
Burbank.
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Physical Description:
print
4 manuscript boxes; 16 1/2 x 13 x 3 1/2 in.
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English
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Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.