{"product_id":"9780143116899","title":"Garden of Invention","description":"The wide-ranging and delightful history of celebrated plant breeder Luther Burbank and the business of farm and garden in early twentieth- century America  At no other time in history has there been more curiosity or concern about the food we eat-and genetically modified foods, in particular, have become both pervasive and suspect. A century ago, however, Luther Burbank's blight-resistant potatoes, white blackberries, and plumcots-a plum-apricot hybrid-were celebrated as triumphs in the best tradition of American ingenuity and perseverance. In his experimental grounds in Santa Rosa, California, Burbank bred and cross-bred edible and ornamental plants-for both home gardens and commercial farms-until they were bigger, hardier, more beautiful, and more productive than ever before. A fascinating portrait of an American original, The Garden of Invention is also a colorful and engrossing tale of the intersection of gardening, science and business in the years between the Civil War and the Great Depression.","brand":"Jane S. Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45736968192318,"sku":"9780143116899","price":704.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9780143116899_51ee3d6f-ce8a-4cd3-a476-d89aaeb37f4a.jpg?v=1707219120","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9780143116899","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}