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[Luling Watermelon Thump Associations Seed Spitting Contest]

Description: Photograph of a seed spitting contest, sponsored by the Luling Watermelon Thump Associations, at the Texas Folklife Festival in San Antonio, Texas. A buy is spitting a seed surrounded by association members wearing t-shirts that say "Thump". The man on the right is wearing a watermelon on his head.
Date: [1997-07-31..1997-08-03]
Creator: Informedia
Partner: UT San Antonio Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Prince Hall Garden]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: July 21, 1993, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Burg's Corner Fruit Stand]

Description: Photograph of a fruit stand at Burg's Corner in Stonewall, Texas with a sign that reads "Peaches Gillespie County Fruit Growers". There are two vehicles parked outside the fruit stand.
Date: August 1990
Creator: Streng, Evelyn Fiedler
Partner: Texas Lutheran University

The Munson Grapes -- A Rich Germplasm Legacy

Description: Abstract: An historical review is presented of the contributions of TV. Munson to viticulture and the improvement of cultivated grapes. Munson developed more than 300 grape cultivars with the principal goal of combining the pest resistance and climatic adaptability of various native American grape species with the superior fruit quality of commercial cultivars. Several Munson cultivars achieved commercial importance in the early 1900's and a few are still grown today, most notably the rootstock… more
Date: July 1990
Creator: Tarara, Julie M. & Hellman, Edward W.
Partner: Grayson College Foundation

[Clipping: Phylloxera riddles Napa, Sonoma vineyards]

Description: Newspaper clipping of the article "Phylloxera riddles Napa, Sonoma vineyards" discussing the issues Californian vineyards have with phylloxera and the help provided by Dr. Roy Renfro using T. V Munson grape varieties grown at the T. V. Munson Memorial Vineyard. The article includes several photographs of the T. V. Munson Memorial Vineyard and Dr. Renfro.
Date: October 21, 1990
Creator: Clift, John
Partner: Grayson College Foundation

[Letter from Jim D. Bowmer to Clarence Richardson, August 5, 1992]

Description: Letter from Jim D. Bowmer to Dr. Clarence Richardson, cc'd to Dr. John Asbury, Mr. Bob Burleson, and Dr. Roy Renfro, discussing the issues California vineyards are having with phylloxera. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the letter addressed to Dr. Renfro asking him what he knows about the California problem. Included with the letter is Chapter 16 of a paper by Jim D. and Daurice Bowmer discussing T. V. Munson's research on grapes in Bell County, Texas in the 1880s. The chapter is t… more
Date: August 5, 1992
Creator: Bowmer, Jim D. & Bowmer, Daurice
Partner: Grayson College Foundation

[Fig on a tree]

Description: Photograph of a fig on a tree at a pick-your-own fruit farm in Texas. The fruit is hanging in the center of the photograph from a branch in the upper right corner.
Date: 1999~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Peaches on a tree]

Description: Photograph of a peach tree at a pick-your-own fruit farm in Texas, taken from below. Peaches can be seen among leaves hanging from two tree branches.
Date: 1999~
Creator: Mallory, Randy
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Portion of Missouri Wine Country Journal, Spring 1992]

Description: Journal clipping from the "Missouri Wine Country Journal" including the articles "The Long & Winding Road," "A Stone Hill Wine Dinner," "The Katy Trail," "Generally Speaking," "Lone Star Paradise Found," and "Mama's Dandelion Wine." "Lone Star Paradise Found" discusses T. V. Munson's work on grape varieties and the memorial vineyard at Grayson College.
Date: Spring 1992
Creator: Barks, Sandy; Meagher, Phyllis & Shrader, Dorothy H.
Partner: Grayson College Foundation
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[News Clip: Fruit Costs]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 6, 1991, 5:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 55 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Fruit Costs]

Description: B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 6, 1991, 10:00 p.m.
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Toxic Produce]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: April 30, 1991, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 28 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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