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Lue gim gong biography of mahatma gandhi

          Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional Books, Page 51 The Extraordinary Life of Mahatma Gandhi..

          Lue Gim Gong

          In this Chinese name, the family name is Liu.

          Lue Gim Gong (Chinese: 刘锦浓; pinyin: Liú Jǐnnóng; August 24, 1857 – June 3, 1925)[1] was a Chinese-Americanhorticulturalist.

          Known as "The Citrus Wizard", he is remembered for his contribution to the orange-growing industry in Florida.

          In , Lue Gim Gong developed a hardy variety of orange that enabled Florida to compete against.

        1. In , Lue Gim Gong developed a hardy variety of orange that enabled Florida to compete against.
        2. GIFT OF THE UNICORN: THE STORY OF LUE GIM GONG, FLORIDA'S CITRUS WIZARD MAHATMA GANDHI: FIGHTING FOR INDIAN INDEPENDENCE, REBELS WITH A CAUSE, LUCAS.
        3. Biography & Autobiography - Cultural, Ethnic & Regional Books, Page 51 The Extraordinary Life of Mahatma Gandhi.
        4. Florida horticulturist Lue Gim. Gong, for whom the Lue Gim. Gong orange is named and who was the subject of Ruth-anne Lum. McCunn's novel Wooden Fish.
        5. While Lue Gim Gong oranges have become a staple in North America, the fruit no longer bears his name.

          6. Life

          Born in Taishan, Guangdong, Qing dynasty China to a family of farmers, Lue Gim Gong was interested in the United States and the opportunities that lay across the Pacific Ocean. After his uncle returned from America when Lue was 15, young Lue pleaded with his parents to let him return with his uncle to America.

          His parents agreed, giving him a bolt of silk to sell when he arrived. He lived in a heavily Chinese-populated area in San Francisco until the age of 16 when he moved to North Adams, Massachusetts, to work at a shoe factory.

          At the factory, Lue met Fanny Burlingame, who taught his Sunday School class.[2] When she learned of his skill wit