Luther Burbank, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Luther Burbank

American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science

Date of Birth: 07-Mar-1849

Place of Birth: Santa Rosa, California, United States

Date of Death: 11-Apr-1926

Profession: inventor, gardener, botanist, geneticist, horticulturist, academic, non-fiction writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Luther Burbank

  • Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926) was an American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career.
  • Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables.
  • He developed (but did not create) a spineless cactus (useful for cattle-feed) and the plumcot. 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 the 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.
  • The Russet Burbank potato was in fact invented to help with the devastating situation in Ireland following the Great Famine.
  • This particular potato variety was created by Burbank to help "revive the country's leading crop" as it is slightly late blight-resistant.
  • Late blight is a disease that spread and destroyed potatoes all across Europe but caused extreme chaos in Ireland due to the high dependency on potatoes as a crop by the Irish.

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