Chief Executive Viticultural Officer Brochures
Three brochures from 1882-1883 issued by the Chief Executive Viticultural Officer to the California Board of State Viticultural Commissioners. One Volume in three parts: #1, #2, #3. These are three brochures from 1882-1883 issued by the Chief Executive Viticultural Officer to the California Board of State Viticultural Commissioners. This was the Second Annual Report. All three volumes deal with various systems of pruning and grafting of the vines, the methods of the day. 189 pages, many illustrations, 6” X 9.” Chas. A. Wetmore, Chief Executive Officer. Issued to deal with the rising threat of the vine disease Phylloxera, which, from the 1850s, was decimating grape vineyards, particularly in Northern California.
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