My dear Miss Buckley

The Orange has arrived, and is a prodigy of which I have never seen the like.— I do not believe that it is an orange; and I remember that Gallesio describes some gigantic fruit (Adam’s apple, I think), about which there have been many disputes, whether a distinct species, or variety or a hybrid. We cut it open and the inside is as curious as the outside, and the pale flesh-coloured contents intensely acid.²

I am glad to hear that you are going to York and hope that you will enjoy it. I was at York very many years ago and admired the Minster beyond measure.—³

Yours sincerely | Ch. Darwin