“And he gave it for his opinion, that whosoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.” So suggested Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels (1726). If Swift was right, and there is little doubt indeed that is so, then Luther Burbank’s name should better recognized than Obama, Putin, or Harper along with many others.