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  • From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
  • To: NAFEX <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Fwd: The Alwood Grape
  • Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 10:26:17 -0700


Had an interesting letter and thought the group would enjoy some parts of it, and the documents connected with it as they touch on some of the history of growing grapes and other fruits.
-Lon Rombough
Grapes, writing, consulting, my book, The Grape Grower, at http://www.bunchgrapes.com Winner of the Garden Writers Association "Best Talent in Writing" award for 2003.
For all other things grape, http://www.vitisearch.com
A video about The Grape Grower : http://cookingupastory.com/index.php/2008/04/18/the-grape-grower/

You have the "Alwood Grape" which was named for my Great, Great Grandfather William Bradford Alwood (Professor at Virginia Polytechnical)  
... William Bradford was the President Viticulture at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915 - San Francisco, CA  I have his journal when he went to the 1900 Paris Exposition to meet with others like himself...
 
If you'd like to read about the San Francisco Exposition...here's a link: 
 
 http://books.google.com/books?id=uGfoDpFBR9AC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=president+Alwood+San+Francisco+1915+panama+pacific+international&source=web&ots=SRf91LUHKB&sig=EPIXqvPLZX_3jhpAzt-4tuURqcs&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result#PPA14,M1 
 
OR tiny url
<x-tad-bigger>http://tinyurl.com/6qq6fz</x-tad-bigger>
 
Another link from Historical Society of Albemarle County, VA.
Virginia Mechanical and Agricultural College (later Virginia Polytechnical Institute, or "Virginia Tech"), and he directed immediate attention to the grape-growers dilemma in Albemarle in the late 1800's/early 1900's.  http://www.albemarlehistory.org/Deep_Roots6.htm
 

  • [NAFEX] Fwd: The Alwood Grape, Lon J. Rombough, 09/09/2008

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