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To Thomas Rivers 17 August [1863]
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The almond-tree TR gave him produced no fruit, but the Chinese double peach has three. Asks for ripe almond fruits and any odd peaches, to compare the stones.
Asks about modification in fruit or foliage in any fruit-trees from being grafted,
and about seedlings of pears and wheat said to have been found in hedges and woods.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Rivers |
| Date: | 17 Aug [1863] |
| Classmark: | DAR 185: 85 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-4270 |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
| Rivers, Thomas | (1) |
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