BEFORE
FSTEPINE ARA
THE SPINELESS CACTUS
AFTER
LUTHER BURBANK
HORTICULTURIST
BORN MAR 7, 1849 AT LANCASTER, MASS EDUCATED AT
LANCASTER ACADEMY AND BECAME INTERESTED IN
PLANT LIFE HE WENT TO SANTA ROSA,CAL. IN 1875 AND
THERE GAINED WORLD-WIDE FAME AS AN ORIGINATOR
OF NEW VARIETIES OF FLOWERS, PLANTS AND FRUITS
HIS MOST VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION IS THE THORNLESS
CACTUS-FOOD FOR MAN AND BEAST HE DIED IN 1926
SANTA
ROSA
APR17
9-AM
1940
CALIF
Donald James
3595 Bainbridge Ave
Bronx
WAZEE
STATES 34
-FIRST DAY OF ISSUE-
N.Y.
LUTHER BURBANK
