| The Work of Luther Burbank | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1495 |
| Catalog #: | 500551 | |
| Clip Number: | 500551-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-DFS-35-011 | |
| Timecode: | 02:31:07 - 02:32:15 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HORTICULTURE/FLOWERS: Lilies HORTICULTURE/PLANTS & TREES: Cacti LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA SCIENCE: Botany | |
| Description: | Master 1495 - Tape 2 Excerpted from Ford Educational Film. Cards: "The soil, moisture and temperature for plant growth are controlled in this greenhouse." "The potato was Mr. Burbank's first study when a boy, and as a result the burbank potato is raised in all parts of the world. It is clean, smooth and solid." CU sunflower bud. MS desert cactus with blooming flowers. MSs cactus plants. Card: "Burbank has removed the spines from the cactus & made it a rich & tender forage." "Observe that the spines are gone." MS spikeless cactus. Card: "The fruit is the cactus pear which grows on the edge of the leaf." "Burbank does these marvels by selecting & crossing plants. To cross the lily with another plant, the stamens are first removed." "The lily is covered with a paper bag. If the crossing is successful, the seeds of a new plant are produced. CUs lily being covered with paper bag, later removed. MS blooming wildflower bed. Cards: "So long as the world has people, so long as there is soil to till & flowers to bloom, so long will Burbank's work live." | |
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