Die Weinrebe und ihre Kultur unter Glas
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A greenhouse grape manual where English practice is reworked for German growers.
Barron, Archibald F.
Die Weinrebe und ihre Kultur unter Glas
1895, Stuttgart, Eugen Ulmer
First German Edition
Overview
This sole German edition, translated by Heinrich Weiler, treats the nineteenth-century practice of raising table grapes under glass, situating greenhouse cultivation at the intersection of horticulture, botany, and viticulture. Barron, Inspector of the Royal Horticultural Society gardens at Chiswick and Secretary of its Fruit Committee, writes with evident practical authority. Weiler's adaptation adds comparative notes intended for Continental growers.
Inside the book
A practical manual of viticulture under glass, addressing the cultivation and training of table grapes, with a chapter noting the Great Vine at Chiswick. Numerous detailed illustrations, both within the text and at full page, accompany every chapter, ranging from botanical detail and phylloxera to technical instruments and glasshouses. Two tables classify one hundred European and American grape varieties; varietal accounts include Trebbiano and Gros Guillaume, noted for exceptionally large bunches. A footnote on p. 50 connects the 'Long Rod' training system with the Kochsche Weinschnitt. A Nachtrag provides comparative tables of prices and heating efficiency for boiler systems, adjusted to German coal costs. Notably, Riesling is absent, the focus resting on forced dessert and table grapes.
Why La Fenice chose it
Glasshouses become theaters and grapes the divas: Barron’s under-glass world, carried to the Continent, stages British know-how for a new eager audience.
Condition Report
Pp. [1] f.e., [2], IV, 222, [2], [1] r.e.
Original binding, mustard cloth spine over cardboard boards; title and editorial notes to the front board, with an illustration of a glasshouse. Minimal rubbing at the edges. Front cover and first 2 leaves somewhat loose. Internally in very good condition. Contemporary manuscript gift inscription in ink on the recto of the front cover. Very good.
Dimensions (inches): 8 1/2 x 6 x 3/4
About the author
Archibald Farquharson Barron (c.1835-1903) was a British horticultural writer associated with the Royal Horticultural Society.