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b THE T. V. MUNSON MEMORIAL VINEYARD REPORT 4
GRAYSON COUNTY COLLEGE
DENISON, TEXAS 75020
VOLUME I, NUMBER 1 NOVEMBER 1, 1980 DR. ROY E. RENFRO, JR. EDITOR
VINEYARD REPORT ESTABLISHED
The T. V. Munson Memorial Vineyard Report will be published quarterly to
relate information relative to the memorial vineyard and T. V. Munson.
The Report has been developed in response to many requests from inter-
ested vineyardists, viticulturists, and historians throughout the nation.
The Report will contain activities at the memorial vineyard, project pro-
gress reports, research notes and results on variety productivity and
growth habits, quotes of T. V. Munson, articles written about T. V. Mun-
son, lists of visitors to the memorial vineyard and much, much more. We
hope that this brief quarterly report will keep its readers informed and
entertained in regard to viticultural activities at the memorial. Since
it is our only goal at the memorial vineyard to honor the man and his
work, we would appreciate receiving any information that our readers
might possess regarding T. V. Munson.
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PROJECT
The memorial to Thomas Volney Munson (1843-1913), the noted viticulturist
and grape hybridizer is nearing completion at Denison, Texas, in his be-
loved Grayson County, an area that he first described in coming to Texas
in 1876 by stating, "I have found my grape paradise!" It must surely
have been true for he spent the remaining years of his life in the area
developing superior grape varieties from the wild native grapes along the
bluffs of the Red River and its tributaries. Some of Munson's more signi-
ficant contributions included the reclassification of American grape spe-
cies as described in his book, FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN GRAPE CULTURE,
1909; the development of insect and disease resistant rootstocks for
which he received the title, Chevalier du Merite Agricole of the Legion
of Honor from France for saving the precious French wine varieties from
extinction due to an infestation of Phylloxera; and the development of
over 300 varieties of grapes by hybridizing native grapes of America. As
a result of the dedicated research of Mr. Wallace E. Dancy, a retired oil
company comptroller, during the early 1970s, Thomas Volney Munson's mag-
nificent achievements were re-discovered. Mr. Dancy's research led him
to Mr. John Clift, State Editor of the Denison Herald and writer of the
'Wine Rack'. These two energetic investigators collaborated on their
viticultural 'hero' and discovered that many of the Munson grape varie-
ties still existed, mostly in private collections. Voluminous amounts of
information were collected from many sources and as a result of the con-
tacts made throughout the nation, an admiration society for T. V. Munson
was launched. The W. B. Munson Foundation of Denison, Texas, was then
contacted and a project to honor T. V. Munson, brother of W. B. Munson
was instigated.
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Thomas Volney Munson Memorial Vineyard (Grayson County College). The T. V. Munson Memorial Vineyard Report, Volume 1, Number 1, November 1, 1980, periodical, November 1, 1980; Denison, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1353270/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson College Foundation.