From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Laxton
Date:
31 Oct [1866]
Source of text:
DAR 146: 35
Summary:
Thanks for box of crossed peas.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Thanks for box of crossed peas.
Has examined TL’s crossed peas. Observes that in several lots crossed peas are smooth, like paternal stock, not wrinkled like maternal stock. Is this a result of mere variation, peculiar culture, or pollen of the father?
Encloses queries [missing].
Intends planting peas at once if TL approves.
Responds to CD’s query as to the duration of crossed varieties of peas. [See Cross and self-fertilisation, p. 305.]