Apricot fruits - Specimen details

Apricot fruits - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 57253

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Plant Name 58.01 ROSACEAE Prunus armeniaca Entry Book Number 63.1913
Artefact Name Apricot fruits Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Apricot fruits Geography Description Bombay
Uses Apricot fruitsUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
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Donor Connah J Donor No
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
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Notes: Label source: (Letter 374.1913 viii.p.135) Dried fruits imported from Bombay 'they had stones very similar to those of the ordinary plum, but the skin exhibited certain differences (e.g. hairs) under the microscope as compared with the dutiable plums the, y were familiar with. If plums they were liable to a Customs duty of 7/- per cwt. (Letter Mr J Connah, The Laboratory, Custom House E.C. 19.vii.13 to Director).

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