From A. S. Wilson 27 February 1879
North Kinmundy, | Summerhill, | by Aberdeen.
27 Feby. 1879.
Charles Darwin, Esq. F.R.S. | Down | Beckenham | Kent.
Dear Sir,
I have now the pleasure of submitting to you my first years experiments with the two Russian wheats you were good enough to send me last April.1 You will see that as yet I have found no alteration taking place on the forms of these wheats; and that I think the explanation of the observed change of crop is to be found in that principle of your great Theory by which the strongest and most fertile push aside the weaker and less fertile—
If you approve of the publication of the report, with any alterations you may be kind enough to make, the suggestion of the best medium would be a much esteemed obligement. I am so much out of the world here.2
Of course I intend going on with the experiment this season, using the seed of my own crop and endeavouring to take some measures against the red rust.3 I do not think that any of the seeds I planted in autumn have ever come through the ground; and as the ⟨s⟩now is still lying several inches deep, I have not got another trial made—
I may mention that I did not think it necessary to write to Dr. Asher, the matter being put before me in your letter in such a way as to give all the information I thought required.4
I am | Dear Sir, | yours very truly, | A. Stephen Wilson.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Wilson, Alexander Stephen. 1879. Experiments with kubanka and saxonica wheat: first year’s experiments and results. Gardeners’ Chronicle, 24 May 1879, pp. 652–4.
Summary
Sends results of the first year’s experiments with the Russian wheat varieties sent by CD [see 11483].
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-11906
- From
- Alexander Stephen Wilson
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- Summerhill, Aberdeen
- Source of text
- DAR 181: 114
- Physical description
- ALS 3pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 11906,” accessed on 20 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-11906.xml