"The Phylloxera of the Vine" is a vintage work by F. T. Bioletti that
deals in detail with the eponymous pest of commercial grapevines,
originally native to eastern North America. Frederic Theodore Bioletti
(1865 - 1939) was an English-born American vintner. He studied at the
University of California, Berkeley from 1889 to 1900, where he worked
with prominent soil scientist Professor E.W. Hilgard. His work with
Hilgard on the fermentation of wines under different conditions were
significant in helping California vintners to refine their wine
production practices and improving the resulting wines. Bioletti was the
first chair of the Department of Viticulture and Enology and founded the
grape breeding program at the University of California Agricultural
Experiment Station. Contents include: "Historical", "The Insect",
"Nature of Injury", "Methods of Disposal", "Methods of Combatting the
Pest", "Carbon", "Submersion", "Planting in Sand", "Resisting Vines",
"Direct Producers", "Resistant Shock", "Selection", "Adaptation",
"Disinfection of Cuttings", etc. Many vintage books such as this are
becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this
volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with
a specially-commissioned new biography of the author and introduction on
winemaking.
