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Letter, from Richard Reed to Henry Oldenburg

Reference number: EL/R1/26

Date: 30 January 1670

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Sends two faggots of grafts of redstreak apple trees; answers enquiry about making cider from rotten apples; concerning the type of soil necessary for growing the redstreak grafts

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EL/R1/26
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30 January 1670
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2 pages
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Richard Reed

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Richard Reed, Letter, from Richard Reed to Henry Oldenburg, 30 January 1670, EL/R1/26, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_r1_26/letter-from-richard-reed-to-henry-oldenburg, accessed on 23 May 2025

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