Harvest Prospects and Crop Yields in Southern Tyrol
A report from Bozen describes the state of the harvest in southern Tyrol in late summer 1828. While wine, walnuts, figs, and chestnuts show great promise, maize and cereals suffered from summer heat and hail. Concerns about general food shortages or market speculation are nevertheless dismissed.
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Tyrol.
Botzen, 3 Sept. The crops in southern Tyrol currently present a most promising beauty and quality. This applies particularly to wine and certain types of fruit, especially walnuts, chestnuts, figs, and the like; apples and pears, however, have turned out very poorly. Maize (Turkish corn), like the other grain varieties, was damaged by the intense summer heat and, in some places, by hail. Nevertheless, no shortage is to be feared, however much usurers might wish it. The fact that a few wagons of maize are being brought from northern Tyrol to the south merely proves that the Italian peasant cannot do without his polenta, and that certain speculators may have made too hasty a calculation given this year's less bountiful maize harvest in southern Tyrol.
1828 at a glance
The year 1828 in Merano and its surroundings was characterized by regional administration, local welfare initiatives, and agricultural matters. While legal and bankruptcy affairs alongside historical studies on the Passeier shield farms defined local history and administration, the course of the year also reflected a mixed harvest, charitable events such as the imperial name day celebration for the deaf-mute institute, and practical advice on tree cultivation. →
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"Harvest Prospects and Crop Yields in Southern Tyrol." Der Bote für Tirol, 15 September 1828. https://digital.tessmann.it/tessmannDigital/Zeitungsarchiv/Seite/Zeitung/47/1/15.09.1828/150494/1. https://www.meran-archive.com/en/artikel/1828-09-15-ernteaussichten-und-feldfruchtertrag-im-suedlichen-tirol