RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. In the frames at Shrewsbury being very hot the Manchester Cucumber. CUL-DAR74.65. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/).
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe 6.2025. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
See Darwin's notes on Knight from the Horticultural Transactions in CUL-DAR74.55.
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In the frames at Shrewsbury being very hot the Manchester Cucumber produced all female flowers. —
Seeds from same packet in cooler frame produced mixed males & females — so much for Mr Knight!!Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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