430708
- TitleGeorge Wyndham [attributed] - [Plans of Garden, Vineyard, and Orchard on Dalwood estate], ca. 1832-1849
- Creator
- Call numberA 714
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1832-1849 - Type of material
- Reference code430708
- Issue CopyMicrofilm : CY 1791, frames 40-82 (A 714)
- Physical Description1 volume - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Drawings - ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
George Wyndham was a wine-grower and pastoralist who emigrated to Australia in 1827. He purchased the Annandale Estate, located near Branxton in the Hunter River valley. Renaming the property Dalwood, Wyndham began experimental farming and wine-making. Wyndham's enterprises were successful until the 1840's crisis in labour and prices severely affected the estate. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.2, 1788-1850. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1967 - Scope and ContentORCHARD
Details the types and quantity of fruit trees planted in twenty-one rows, including notes on the success rates of cultivation, with some origins of plants acquired (for example, Dr Bowman).
Includes:
[List of plantings for] Mr Shepherds Garden, Botanical Garden, [and] T. [or J] Underwood, 25-26 July 1832
Varieties of Fruit [list of the assortment of fruit and nuts including temperate and stone fruits]
1833 Vineyard commencing from Sth end [description of cuttings]
GARDEN AND VINEYARD
Contains list of plantings with annotations reflecting success rates of cultivation, dates, and alterations to type of transplant.
Includes:
Plan of the Garden [showing position and number of fruit trees and vines]
Reference to the Plan of the Garden, 1832. [Numbered list 1 to 78 of items planted]
Additional Garden 1834 [Items 79 to 126]
Vineyard in the Garden from Sth end & No. 2 square, ca. 1844-1848
Variety of grapes from Mr Forsyths July 1848 and 1849 [2 lists]
Reference to the Plan of the Garden in 1849. Fruit trees [Items 1 to 122] - General note
The provenance of this volume is not known. It has been attributed to George Wyndham based a comparison of handwriting in, George Wyndham - diary, 1830-1840 (B 1313).
An inscription in the volume opposite a page titled "1833 Vineyard ..." orientates the orchard as being near Scone. The inscription reads; "Vines planted on the Nth side of Houses and Et. side of the road to Scone ..."
There are two additional loose sheets of paper within this volume.
The page with a description of plants for the second row in the orchard is missing from this volume.
As the volume is reversible (used from the front and back) it is difficult to discern which cover was intended as the front of the volume. The presence of D.S. Mitchell's signature on the back endpaper indicates that the Library's treatment of the volume is opposite to Mitchell's.
"D.S. Mitchell" signature inside original back cover. - Signatures / Inscriptions
Garden. / and / Vineyard. on one cover.
"Orchard" on opposite cover. - Subject
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