Sulphide Injector

Unknown1863/1900

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

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