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Reference numberCLP/10iii/40
LevelItem
TitlePaper, 'The husbandry of canary seed' by Edwd [Edward] Tenison
Date[1712]
DescriptionPaper regarding the cultivation of canary seed, including how to prepare land for planting, the appropriate season and soil for planting, how and when to harvest the seed, and appropriate pricing for the seed.

Subject: Agriculture

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The husbandry of canary seed'.

Read to the Royal Society on 15 January 1712.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionInk on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1713.0008
Printed in 'Philosophical Transactions', vol 28 (1713), p 91
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