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Details of the colleciton and use of ox urine to heal and encourage the growth of apple trees, with a note about the most beneficial forms of compost.

Read 8 December 1708

Reference number
RBO/9/76b
Earliest possible date
1708
Physical description
Ink on Paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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John Thorpe

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John Thorpe, 'The manner of preserving Fruit trees as formerly practised in Kent' communicated by John Thorpe, 1708, RBO/9/76b, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rbo_9_76b/the-manner-of-preserving-fruit-trees-as-formerly-practised-in-kent-communicated-by-john-thorpe, accessed on 14 November 2025

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