| Reference number | EL/B1/17 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Extract of a letter, from John Beale to Henry Oldenburg |
| Date | 21 December 1662 |
| Description | 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 |
| Language | English |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | Transcribed in 'The correspondence of Henry Oldenburg', ed and trans by A Rupert Hall & Marie Boas Hall, vol 1 pp 481-484 |
| Related records in the catalogue | LBO/27/30 |
| EL/B1/17b |
| URL description | Also available on Early Modern Letters Online |
| URL | http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/work/a999ed8b-26c4-42b2-888c-358c39bf3e1e |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA3355 | Beale; John (c1608 - c1683); clergyman and writer | c1608 - c1683 |
| NA8001 | Oldenburg; Henry (c1619 - 1677); scientific correspondent | c1619 - 1677 |