Jules Guyot

Jules Guyot (1807 to 1872) was a French physician and agronomist, born in Gyé-sur-Seine in the department of Aube. He studied medicine in Paris and was drawn to mechanics, physics and telegraphy, but he became best known for his work in viticulture. He introduced a cane-pruning method for training vines on trellises, now called the Guyot system, which is widely used in European vineyards in single and double forms. Between 1861 and 1867 he surveyed the vineyards of 71 French departments, and his books include Culture de la vigne et vinification and Étude des vignobles de France. The Institut Jules Guyot, the wine and vine institute of the University of Burgundy in Dijon, is named in his honor, as is a pear variety.