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Extract of a letter, from John Beale to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/B1/17

Date: 21 December 1662

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Beale states that he was sending grafts of trees from Herefordshire to Dorset; recommends two sorts of redstreaks for cider-making; saying that cider could prevent stones and gout; discussion of other foods eg. artichoke, thistles, potatoes

Read to Royal Society on 7 January 1662

Letter is endorsed by Oldenburg: 'AO 1662. Decem. 21. Extract of Mr Beale's letter to M. Oldenburg for propagating of Cider Fruit read Jan: 7: 62'

This letter was apparently sent with another one dated 4 January 1662/3 (EL/B1/17b)

Subject: Horticulture

Reference number
EL/B1/17
Earliest possible date
21 December 1662
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript
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John Beale

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John Beale, Extract of a letter, from John Beale to Henry Oldenburg, 21 December 1662, EL/B1/17, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b1_17/extract-of-a-letter-from-john-beale-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 12 October 2024

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