Petes-Pix: Viking - Tulips and Windmills

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"Pinotage: Behind the Legends of South Africa's own wine" is available on the ibookstore

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A I Perold's
A Treatise
on Viticulture
A I Perold (1880-1941) was South Africa's first Professor of Viticulture and Oenology. He dedicated himself to improving the quality of grapes for wine, brandy and the table. He studied wine and brandy production in Europe, imported more than 60 varieties to the Cape and bred new ones. Perold said this book “is intended to serve both the student and the practical grape-grower. There are in it technical passages that will appeal more to the student, e.g. the chapters dealing with the biology of the vine, its external and internal morphology, the theory of grafting. My remarks on the practice of viticulture, such as those dealing with the propagation, manuring and pruning of the vine, the production of table grapes for export, will, it is hoped, assist the practical grape-grower as well as the student.” This is a newly typeset reprint, not a photocopy. Text on the 712 pages have been aligned to match the original pagination so any external references to pages in the Treatise will be valid in this edition
Available in paperback and hardback editions. 712 pages

A Year in Paarl
with
A I Perold

Dr Perolds report on his Paarl experiments 1915 - 1916 reprinted with glossary, introduction and brief biography. Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.

31 March 2024

Viking - Tulips and Windmills - Day 5 Kinderdyk

Day 5 - Sunday 31 March 2024

Easter Sunday and breakfast tables were decorated.

And when we returned to our cabin we found a large Lindt chocolate bunny.

We arrived at Kinderdijk at lunchtime. I had the Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwich. The menu said it came on a Kaiser Roll, which is did on the 2023 Rhine-Mosel cruise but they were either out of them or the chef had no idea what a Kaiser Roll was and used two small bread rolls.

It's not the first time we've been to Kinderdijk; last time we just went for a walk along the waterfront, and this time Joan stayed on the boat. But it wasn't raining so I joined an excursion in the afternoon.

The windmills built in the early 1700s are pumps to keep the reclaimed land dry. We can go in one from 1738 and while I am there I see the miller, wearing clogs, turn the mill with the large wheel so it faces the new wind direction and anchor it in the position with chains.

We have a talk about the windmills form the guide and a quick visit to a steam pump room that also houses a gift shop, then it's back to the boat as it leaves for Rotterdam at 15:30.