PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE GRAPE VINE

(WINE) THOMSON, W. PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE GRAPE VINE. Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1865. 8vo. Publisher's cloth. viii, 77 pages, pages of advertisements). Fourth edition. First published in 1862, Thomson's treatise was very popular as the full effe of the phylloxera epidemic was being felt by the world's winemakers. Thomson solution was to burn all the effected vines and those vines which bordered th infected area. Fortunately vinters found that grafting their own vines on American root stock was a less drastic solution. Bookplate, light wear to th lower edge, else very good.