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A copy of a letter on onion skin paper from Wilbur P. McDonald, M. D., to Dr. James F. Guymon, Dept. of Viticulture & Enology, University of Calif., Davis, Calif., dated June 22, 1976. The letters COPY in red ink are down the left hand side of the paper.Context
Dear Dr. Guymon:
Thank you for conducting the wine tasting last Wednesday as it was educational. I had never before tasted the additives in such a controlled manner.
Enjoyed our chatting about wines, and I hope you got home safely . . . . . These grapes were started in 1967 from an order of "6 rooting of Pinot Chardonnay and 10 graft sticks of Ruby Cabernet" . . . . The Chardonnays did not last over 3 years before they all winter killed. The Ruby Cabernet has survived in one manner or another, . . . . . The Ruby Cabernet that were planted directly all expired, . . the Ruby Cabernets that I grafted on Baco #1 roots survived better than any of the others. . . I have tried to maintain 10 plants of Ruby Cabernet . . . to produce about 60 lbs of grapes sufficient for a 5 gallon batch of varietal wine. Each year 2 to 8 . . vines succumb to the weather, and each spring I regraft. It is a constant fight . . only in . . . 1972, was I able to obtain 60 lbs. . . . . You have a sample of that wine. I hope you give a taste to Dr. H.P. Olmo and to Dr. James A Cook, as well as Dr. A.D. Webb. . . . If any of them know of any cold resistant clones of Vinifera grapes that I may try here . . . I would be more than happy to try to grow them. If I lived 100 miles further South I know that I could successfully grow Ruby Cabernet, and possibly others.
Thank you again, and I enjoyed the evening.
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8.5" x 11"