Неколико прилога о пољопривреди Крајинског округа, значају виноградарства и утицају филоксере 1891/1892. године
A Contribution to Agriculture of the Krajina District, the Importance of Viticulture and Impact of Grape Phylloxera in 1891/2

Summary/Abstract: In the 19th century the Krajina District was known as a viticulture area of Serbia. Viticulture and wine production in general were at а low level since grape was neither carefully selected nor maintained, and wine was not produced in a modern manner customary for the 19th century. Serbian wines, including the ones from Krajina, were not exported to a greater extent until the 1880s, when grape phylloxera devastated vineyards in other European countries so they could no longer give a sufficient amount of wine. Subsequently, grape phylloxera was found in Serbian vineyards in 1882. When phylloxera appeared in Serbia, the Ministry of National Economy passed laws and regulations to prevent the spreading of phylloxera and to contribute to vineyard renewal. The opening of a vine nursery in 1886 and the Viticulture and Pomiculture School in 1891, both of them in Bukovo, was the most notable measure of vineyard restoration and labour development for the Krajina District. The first administrator of the Viticulture and Pomiculture School, Milovan Savić, exposed the poor state of Krajina’s agriculture and viticulture in his reports to the Ministry of National Economy. He urged the Ministry to invest more resources in order to improve viticulture in the Krajina District. Savić noted that the devastation of vineyards contributed to the impoverishment of the population and warned the Ministry that if nothing was done in regard to the improvement of viticulture, the whole district would depopulate. Savić’s reports are an important source for studying Serbian agriculture during the decade after the phylloxera epidemic, as well as general obstacles encountered during the restoration of the nation’s vineyard industry.

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