[Letter from Jim D. Bowmer to Clarence Richardson, August 5, 1992] (open access)

[Letter from Jim D. Bowmer to Clarence Richardson, August 5, 1992]

Letter from Jim D. Bowmer to Dr. Clarence Richardson, cc'd to Dr. John Asbury, Mr. Bob Burleson, and Dr. Roy Renfro, discussing the issues California vineyards are having with phylloxera. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the letter addressed to Dr. Renfro asking him what he knows about the California problem. Included with the letter is Chapter 16 of a paper by Jim D. and Daurice Bowmer discussing T. V. Munson's research on grapes in Bell County, Texas in the 1880s. The chapter is titled "How Bell County Grapes Saved France" and outlines the characteristics of the insect-resistant species of grape Munson discovered in Bell County, Texas.
Date: August 5, 1992
Creator: Bowmer, Jim D. & Bowmer, Daurice
System: The Portal to Texas History