Petes-Pix: Capitals of Eastern Europe - Day 8

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A I Perold's
A Treatise
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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
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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 Fascinating historical document on viticulture for wine and table grapes, wine and brandy making.

29 June 2025

Capitals of Eastern Europe - Day 8 - Vukovar & Ilok

Day 8 – Sunday 29 June 2025 -Vukovar & Ilok

Kadlin was late arriving at Vukovar, Croatia, which pushed back the departure of the included excursion Osijek Citadel & Vukovar’s Eltz Manor Museum.

Eltz Manor (above) was damaged during the recent war with Serbia, but has been fully restored. The building, an old palace, is impressive but our tour was not. The guide steadily walked on talking into the microphone while the group was strung behind, and a third of the group were stuck in corridors unable to get in rooms probably because other members of the group blocked the entrance. We gave up and explored on our own, but were not entranced by a display of different ethnic costume that took up the largest room, and spent time in the garden overlooking the Danube.

Ruins of Vukovar Railway Station have been left as a reminder of the war

Then we coached on to Osijek where there was a low key show in the community hall with a female singer who delivered western songs in a piercing voice. A couple of stalls at the back of the hall sold bottles of homemade plum brandy and other goods.

Then we walked through the central cobbled streets of Osijek Citadel lined with barracks and officers houses, but I’d have preferred to see the fortifications.

During lunch Kadlin cast off heading for Ilok, and arrived there a couple of hours later. We stopped there for an optional excursion and during dinner we cast off again to sail to Novi Sad.

I was pleased to see the dinner starter of red pepper tartlet. This has appeared on previous cruises, and interpreted by the ship’s chef. Again this had such intense flavour, it was delicious.

We moored Port side to bank in both Vukovar and Ilok and weren’t rafted.

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Ilok mooring https://what3words.com/horn.renew.grouping

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