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- Burbank's Experimental Farm, Sebastopol, Near Santa Rosa, California, 1913 - Luther Burbank (1849-1926), a much-heralded American horticulturalist, gained a reputation for selectively breeding more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He relocated from Massachusetts to California in 1875 and bought land in Sebastopol starting in 1885. Burbank employed around 15 laborers by 1913 on this 18-acre experimental plot. They cultivated lilies, as this postcard depicts, and other plants.
- November 02, 1913
- Collections - Artifact
Burbank's Experimental Farm, Sebastopol, Near Santa Rosa, California, 1913
Luther Burbank (1849-1926), a much-heralded American horticulturalist, gained a reputation for selectively breeding more than 800 new fruits, vegetables, flowers, and other plants. He relocated from Massachusetts to California in 1875 and bought land in Sebastopol starting in 1885. Burbank employed around 15 laborers by 1913 on this 18-acre experimental plot. They cultivated lilies, as this postcard depicts, and other plants.