"A Field of Burbank's Shasto Daisies, Santa Rosa, Cal.," circa 1915
THF288808 / "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
Creators
Place of Creation
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.
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After developing the Burbank potato in his native Massachusetts, prolific American horticulturalist Luther Burbank (1849-1926) relocated to California in 1875. There, at his vast experimental gardens, Burbank developed more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants.