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Paper on how to cultivate vines, taken from information given to Tuke by Mr Bizarre, chief vinedresser of Colombe [Colombes] near Paris. The paper discusses the sun, soil, and stocks required to grow vines as well as the best manner for planting and cutting the vines. Includes original figure.

Subject: Agriculture / Botany

Communicated by Mr [Charles] Howard. Read to the Royal Society on 14 December 1664.

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CLP/10iii/9
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1664
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Ink on paper
Page extent
6 pages
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Manuscript

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Samuel Tuke

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Samuel Tuke, Paper, 'Cultura vitis' by Col [Samuel] Tuke, 1664, CLP/10iii/9, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_10iii_9/paper-cultura-vitis-by-col-samuel-tuke, accessed on 20 March 2025

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