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Luther Burbank (1849 - 1926)(written by Timothy Sellers, beats bass guitar vox Timothy Sellers, accordion Sharon McGunigle)from the album "26 Scientists Volume One Anning - Malthus"mp3 stream |
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potato seeds proved to be
how Luther found after he nearly drowned he was proudly bound for sound new ground Burbank was his name and Burbank took a train out here to see what grew 800 strains rearranged seed and graft 800 strains rearranged brand-new plants a thousand sproutin’ cherry trees he chose to graft the upper half taste-test the best lose the rest and start afresh with just these two burnin’ seemed a shame but numbers were a game he used to see what grew 800 strains rearranged seed and graft 800 strains rearranged brand-new plants he saw the need for cattle feed a million tries perhaps unwise to hybridize a cactus with no spines people came in droves wandered through the groves out here to see what grew 800 strains rearranged seed and graft 800 strains rearranged brand-new plants Burbank never made it to college but he read Darwin’s “Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication” and he had a good idea what to do he sold the rights to his potato for 150 bucks and moved to California not Burbank, California by the way that city was named for a sheep-ranching dentist
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