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- Luther Burbank Garden Office, Original Site, Santa Rosa, California, circa 1910 - Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist and author, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He opened this Bureau of Information in 1910 at the corner of his 40-acre experimental garden in Santa Rosa to sell seeds and souvenirs. After 1913, the building had various uses until Burbank's widow offered it to Henry Ford in 1928.
- circa 1910
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Luther Burbank Garden Office, Original Site, Santa Rosa, California, circa 1910
Luther Burbank (1849-1926), an American horticulturalist and author, gained a reputation for selective breeding that yielded more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He opened this Bureau of Information in 1910 at the corner of his 40-acre experimental garden in Santa Rosa to sell seeds and souvenirs. After 1913, the building had various uses until Burbank's widow offered it to Henry Ford in 1928.