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RefNoAP/36/14/1
LevelItem
TitleManuscript, 'On the vine disease in the port-wine districts of the Alto-Douro [Portugal] in April 1854' by Joseph James Forrester
CreatorForrester; Joseph James (1809-1861); English merchant; wine shipper
Date5 May 1854
DescriptionForrester describes a disease affecting vines in Portugal, sharing the proposed causes and origins of the disease. He describes the regions affected and shares his own observations of vines uprooted in April 1854. He goes on to suggest remedies for the eradication of the 'vine-malady'.

Annotations in pencil throughout. Includes five pages of figures and a map of the wine district of the Alto-Douro.

Subject: Agriculture

Received 17 May 1854. Read 15 June 1854. Communicated by J P [John Peter] Gassiot.

This paper was published in full in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the vine-disease in the port-wine districts of the Alto-Douro, in April 1854. With a supplementary note on the proposed remedies for its eradication'.
Extent19p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0039
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA5190Gassiot; John Peter (1797 - 1877)1797 - 1877
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