The Scientific Aspects of Luther Burbank's WorkA look at some of Burbank's experiments and the importance of his pioneer work in hybrids and plant breeding to science. David Starr Jordan (1851-1931) was a noted educator and scientist. Educated at Cornell University, Butler University, and the Indiana University School of Medicine he became the President of Indiana University in 1885, the youngest university president in the nation at the time. Six years later, he accepted the post of President of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where he remained, first as president and later as chancellor, until his retirement. Vernon Lyman Kellogg (1867 - 1937) filled the Chair of Entomology at Stanford University during the early the early part of this century and presided over the development of a strong program in entomology that developed there. Dr. Kellogg was an active conservationist, an officer of the Sierra Club, and outdoorsman. Dr. Kellogg's contributions to the entomological community include service as a Charter Member of the Entomological Society of America, now the largest entomological society in the world, and a term as President of that society in 1915. |
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amaryllis apples artificial selection Bartlett pear bear berries black walnut BLACKBERRY RASPBERRY HYBRIDS bloom breeding bud sport BURBANK PLUM Burbank's gardens California poppy calla capsules character color combinations cotyledon crimson CROSSING AND GRAFTING cultivated Dahlia Darwin DAVID STARR JORDAN developed EDIBLE CACTUS English walnut environment evolution experimentation experiments fixed flavor flowers fluctuating variations foliage forces fragrance French prune fruit grow grown growth hardy heredity HYBRID POPPIES individuals Japanese quince JOINT OF OPUNTIA Juglans regia latent Luther Burbank mutation nature nuts Opuntia ficus-indica oriental poppy ORIGINAL AND IMPROVED Papaver parent peach PERSIAN WALNUT pistils PLANTED BOTTOM pollen prepotent Primus produced Professor Hubrecht qualities race results of crossing root saltation SAMPLE LEAVES scientific aspects second generation hybrid SECOND GENERATION SEEDLINGS seed showing Simoni sometimes SPINELESS CACTUS STONELESS PLUM strawberry tendency thornless thousand tion trees unusual usually variability variety various VARYING SEEDLINGS vigor Vries white blackberry wild species yellow