#phylloxera

[my-52-weeks-with-christie]

Absinthe: Fun Fact

While researching the phylloxera epidemic in France, I couldn’t find any photos of the blighted vines….However, Vincent Van Gough is thought to have painted an afflicted vineyard in 1888, twenty-five years after the onset of the devastation. In Van Gough’s piece called The Red Vine, the one and only painting he sold (publically) during his lifetime, the grapevine being harvested are wearing…

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[botaniquejardinpaysage]

Quand Planchon travaillait sur la vigne... précieux #botanique #planchon #botaniste #jardindesplantes #jardindesplantesmontpellier #histoiredesplantes #phylloxera (à Jardin des Plantes de Montpellier) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7gJIVSqXSU/?igshid=1gnhbifbelo3p

[lindahall]

Charles V. Riley – Scientist of the Day

Charles Valentine Riley, an American entomologist, was born Sep. 19, 1843.  

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[lindahall]

George Engelmann – Scientist of the Day

George Engelmann, a German-American physician and botanist, was born Feb. 2, 1809 (that was just 10 days before Charles Darwin--and Abraham Lincoln).

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[written-nature]

The Phylloxera pest spread with terrifying speed, and it struck farmers as a kind of "tuberculosis for grapes," causing the plants to weaken, rot, and die.

"Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History" - Kyle Harper

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The Phylloxera pest spread with terrifying speed, and it struck farmers as a kind of "tuberculosis for grapes," causing the plants to weaken, rot, and die.

"Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History" - Kyle Harper

[wineworldnews]

Walla Walla Confronts Phylloxera https://bit.ly/2XQz3U7 #wine #phylloxera #wallawalla

[danskjavlarna]

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Some very weird vintage insects are collected here.