LUTHER BURBANK-8th Standard Second Language English Notes

LUTHER BURBANK
C1. Answer the following questions.
1) Name the fields in which Luther Burbank's influence prevails
His influence prevails in the scientific community among those who work in the fie1ds of agriculture horticulture, forestry and livestock.
2) When was Luther Burbank born?
Bur bank was horn on 7 March 1849.
3) What was Luther Burbank's goal in life?
BurďaŶk͛s goal in life was to devote his life to grow new verities of plants.
4) Name the book that helped Burbank to decide on goal of his life?
The book that helped Burbank to decide his goal of his life was Variation of animals and plants under domestication written by Darwin.
5) Mention the name of the new variety of potato plant grown by Burbank?
The name of the new potato plant is "Idaho potato"
6) How was whether in the state of California?
The weather there was mild and the soil was rich an d varied.
7) How many varieties of fruits did Burbank grow on an acre of his farm?
He grew several thousands of fruits in his one acre II of farm.8) What is grafting?
Grafting is taking a piece 'of living material from one place and grow it on another plant or animal.
C2. Which of the following things was Burbank able to do because of his experimentation? (Tick off ( √) against the true statement, and a (x) against others.
a) growing hundreds of varieties of apples. (√)
b) spending 1'5 years for a tree to bear fruit ( x )
c) Making a young plant yield fruit in a year or two ;√Ϳ
d) growing about 526 varieties of apples in an acre of his farm (x)
Read and Write :
C3. Read and discuss your responses with your partner. Then write.
1) How did Burbank's genius benefit the life of a
common man?
The products of his genuine continue play a part in the day to day lives of people throughout the world.
2) Why did Burbank move from Massachusetts to California?
He moved from his native place because the climate of his native place was not suitable for his work.
3) What did Burbank call his new home and why?
4) How did grafting help Burbank in his experimentation?
He called his new home "Santa Rose". Because he conducted experiments there for more than fifty years.
He would collect different kinds of domestic plants and by grafting them the plants grew strong and plentiful. An acre of his farm yielde d several thousand different verities of fruits. This wonderful achievement was made possible by grafting many twigs on a single tree.
5) In what way did Burbank save space and speed up his experiments?
He was able to grow for example 526 different types of apples on the tree. It was possible for him not only to save space but also to speed up his experiments.
6) What were Burbank's experiments on cherry, blackberry, cactus and shasta daisy?
He developed an improve cherry, he found out thorn less black berry a cactus without thorns that is largely used as food for livestock. He discovered a peach tree that can with stand freezing weather or. He found out new flowers like 'Shasta Daisy' and rose that bears his name.
C4. Write a paragraph on each of the following.
1) Write a note of Burbank's early life.
Burbank was born on 7 March 1849 and was brought up on a farm in the state of Massachusetts. He was all acted towards years. But when he read Darwin's variation of animals and plants under domestication he decided to devote his life to grow new varieties of plants.
2) Describe the three techniques on which Burbank's experiments were based.
The three techniques on which his experiments were based are.
1) He would collect different kinds of domestic plants and bring in many foreign varieties of plants. When they were grown under different conditions they would prove strong, plentiful or hard or else show o ther changes or new qualities.
2) He grew many varieties of fruits and vegetables by changing water, food supply and temperature light or space other variations were active by crossing plants.
3) After the production of many varieties Burbank come to the final step. That was he could recognise and sele ct the plants which showed desirable changes. He could also choose them for further experiments.
3) How did Burbank react when some of his efforts ended in failure?
Naturally many of his efforts ended in failure at one time
he crossed a tomato with a potato though a vegetable was.
VOCABULARY:
V1. Fill in the blanks with most appropriate describing words given in the box below.
1) rich community 2) desert soil
3) White black berry 4) thorn less cactus
5) Successful attempt 6) Scientific value.
Given below are some names. Classify them into categories of flowers, fruits and vegetables. You may consult a dictionary / encyclopaedia if you need.

Fruits	Vegetables	Flowers
Orange Plum Mango Black berry Banana Cherry Apple Grapes Water melon Lemon	Brinjal Potato Tomato Carrot	Jasmine Lotus Shasta daisy Rose marigold