"A Field of Burbank's Shasto Daisies, Santa Rosa, Cal.," circa 1915

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Artifact Overview

Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. One of his most enduring inventions, the Shasta daisy, released in 1901, took him 17 years to perfect. He praised its grace, beauty, abundance of bloom, hardiness, and persistence, even as he released three "new" Shasta daisy varieties in 1904.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Postcard

Date Made

circa 1915

Collection Title

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

00.4.7142.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 3.375 in
Width: 5.375 in

Inscriptions

on front: A FIELD OF BURBANK'S SHASTO DAISIES, SANTA ROSA, CAL.
"A Field of Burbank's Shasto Daisies, Santa Rosa, Cal.," circa 1915