| RefNo | AP/36/14 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paper, 'On the vine disease in the port-wine districts of the Alto-Douro [Portugal] in April 1854' by Joseph James Forrester |
| Creator | Forrester; Joseph James (1809-1861); English merchant; wine shipper |
| Date | 5 May 1854 |
| Description | Forrester 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'. |
| Extent | 25p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Map |
| Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0039 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/2/67 |
| RR/2/68 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA5190 | Gassiot; John Peter (1797 - 1877) | 1797 - 1877 |