Specimen of a Vitis californica Bentham plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins in Grants Pass, Oregon, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "Along Rogue River, Grants Pass, Oregon."

Specimen of a Vitis californica Bentham plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins in Grants Pass, Oregon, 1889.

Specimen of a Vitis californica Bentham plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins in Napa, California, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "Napa, California. Munson & Hopkins. Aug. 1889."

Specimen of a Vitis californica Bentham plant, collected by Munson and Hopkins in California, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "Napa, California, Munson & Hopkins, Aug. 1889."

Specimen of a plnat stem with several leaves attached, collected by Munson and Hopkins in California, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "Napa City - Brown's Valley, Cal. M. T. H. Aug. 15, /89."

Specimen of several leaves attached to a stem, collected by Munson and Hopkins in Napa, California, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "Napa, California. Munson & Hopkins, Aug. 1889."

Specimen of several leaves attached to a central stem. collected by Munson and Hopkins in Napa, California, 1889. Text at bottom of page: "Napa, California. Munson & Hopkins. Aug. 1889."

Letter from W. E. Dancy to Roy Klotz discussing Dancy's upcoming move to central Texas to be nearer his daughter and asking after Klotz progress with his Munson grape vines.

Photocopy of a letter to Will B. Munson discussing changes to the fruit district boundary lines in Texas on the American Pomological Society chart of the United States and Canada and requesting Munson make a list of varieties suitable in the newly proposed district No. 11.

Photocopy of a letter from "Assistant Pomologist" to Will B. Munson discussing the Gold Dust peach variety.

Photocopy of a letter from Will B. Munson to E. R. Lake discussing Munson Nurseries records of Gold Dust peaches, stating they first planted five trees in 1906 which they obtained from R. J. Bagby & Sons Proprietors in New Haven, Missouri. Munson also state T. V. Munson was not the originator of Gold Dust peaches, but they were likely one the first in Texas to list the variety.

Photocopy of a letter to T. V. Munson discussing a letter from Stark Brothers and requesting Munson point out where the error is in the matter being discussed in the letter.

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.

Photocopy of a letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson inviting J. T. to a 'grape-tasting' at his home on August 3, 1892.

Photocopy of a letter from T. V. Munson to J. T. Munson inviting J. T. to a grape tasting at T. V. and Nellie's home on August 3 at 5pm. The letter is on the letterhead of the Office of T. V. Munson's Denison Nurseries.