Luther Burbank died today – 82 years ago

Botanist (creating the “Shasta daisy”, “Fire poppy”, and “Burbank potato”) Luther Burbank was born on March 7, 1849 in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He said, “If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed." [So that explains it.]... Mr. Burbank died on April 11, 1926 in Santa Rosa, California.