Name/Title
"REPORT OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL STATE VITICULTURAL CONVENTION"Entry/Object ID
2004.56.1.2Description
"REPORT OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL STATE VITICULTURAL CONVENTION"
Color: Black; White
"Report of the Sixth Annual State Viticultural Convention," (Sacramento: State Printing Office,) 1888. The 218-page softcover item has the name of the commissioners on the frontispiece, followed by the program for the convention, held March 7-10, 1888 in San Francisco. Proceedings include an opening address, an item on raisins, material on table grapes, cold storage for grapes and fruit, material on vines resistance, grafting, pests and diseases, pruning, wince cellars, wine-making machinery, wine and brandy making as a profession, laboratory experiments, distillation of grape brandy, practical temperance reform, fermenation, markets for wine, legislation, reports of the sampling committee, an essay on how to drink wine, and a catalog of exhibits. There is a fold-out chart of fermentation experiments in the laboratory. With cover creases, soiling, discoloration, spine losses, stains, and tears and some page discoloration and folds, the overall condition is fair.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Books, California. Board of State Viticultural Commissioners, Viticulture--California, Wine and wine-making--California, Temperance--California