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Sulphide Injector

Unknown1863/1900

Museu do Douro

Museu do Douro
Peso da Régua, Portugal

Instrument used for injecting carbon sulphide onto the vines roots to eradicate the phylloxera.
This plague that devastated european vines was brought from America, where the insect is endemic. It was first reported in the Douro region in 1863.

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  • Title: Sulphide Injector
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1863/1900
  • Physical Location: Peso da Régua, Portugal
  • Location Created: Peso da Régua, Portugal
  • Physical Dimensions: 989 x 343 mm
  • Original Language: Português
  • Provenance: Donated by Margarida Gabão, from Peso da Régua
  • Subject Keywords: Phylloxera
  • Type: Agricultural instrument
  • Medium: Iron
Museu do Douro

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