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Burbank had learned the secrets of breeding and crossbreeding ordinary plants from farm and garden until they were tastier, hardier, and more productive than ever before. His name was inseparable from a cornucopia of new and improved plants — fruits, nuts, vegetables, and flowers — for both home gardens and commercial farms and orchards.<br /><br /><em>The Garden of Invention</em> revisits a time when agriculture was moving west across the continent, when plant inventors were popular heroes, and when the public clamored for new varieties that would extend seasons, increase yields, look beautiful, or simply — and wonderfully — be different from anything seen before.</p> 218<p class="from_wysiwyg"> </p> 219<p class="from_wysiwyg"><strong>Winner, Caroline Bancroft History Prize </strong><br /><br />BUY IT NOW<br /><a href="http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9781594202094,00.html?The_Garden_of_Invention_Jane_S._Smith">Penguin</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Invention-Burbank-Business-Breeding/dp/1594202095">Amazon</a> | <a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Garden-of-Invention/Jane-S-Smith/e/9781594202094">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594202094">IndieBound</a></p> 220</div> 221</div> 222</div> 223 224 225</div> 226<div class='content-wrap'> 227<div class='content-container-wrapper edit'> 228<div class='move-buttons-wrapper'> 229 230 231</div> 232<div class='content clearfix text-block'> 233<div class='image-block-align-left image-wrap-text small'> 234<a href='http://www.amazon.com/Praise-Chickens-Compendium-Wisdom-Fair/dp/0762773502'> 235<image alt='' sizes='(min-width: 530px) 33vw, (min-width: 940px) 25vw, 100vw' src='/images/InPraiseOfChickenscover.jpg' srcset='/images/InPraiseOfChickenscover.jpg 480w, /images/InPraiseOfChickenscover.jpg 320w'></image> 236 237</a> 238</div> 239<div class='text-wrapper'> 240<p class="from_wysiwyg">In Praise of Chickens provides centuries of poultry wisdom from scientists, artists, poets, philosophers, breeders, sellers, feather fanciers, and egg-coddlers through the ages. Ever wonder if chickens have their very own vocabulary, how to get hens to lay in winter, or why churches have weathervanes shaped like roosters? C
240an’t remember which royal court it was where the ladies hatched eggs in their bosoms? 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