To Thomas Rivers 17 [January 1863]1
Down
17th
My dear Sir
Will you permit me to ask one more question;2 Can you distinguish generally, always, or never a nectarine tree from a Peach before it flowers or before it fruits. I shd. like to quote your answer.—3
Yours sincerely | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
Summary
Can TR distinguish generally, always, or never, a nectarine-tree from a peach-tree before it flowers or before it fruits? He wants to quote TR’s answer.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3922
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Rivers
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- John Wilson (dealer) (Catalogue 61, 21 July 1989, item 50)
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3922,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3922.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 11