Luther Burbank Quotes


If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction, then... life is on the road toward misfortune, misery and destruction.


Citations

Burbank, Luther, and Wilbur Hall. The Harvest of the Years. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1927.

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Luther Burbank
Luther Burbank
  • Born: March 7, 1849
  • Died: April 11, 1926
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Environmentalist

Luther Burbank was an American botanist, horticulturist and pioneer in agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables. He developed (but did not create) a spineless cactus (useful for cattle-feed) and the plumcot.