To James Torbitt [5] January 1881
Summary
T. H. Farrer and James Caird express great interest in JT’s report. Have instructed CD to hold £90 for use by JT in spring. Caird asks that potatoes be sent to his gardener for trials.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Torbitt |
| Date: | [5] Jan 1881 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 127 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12966 |
To James Torbitt 12 March [1880]
Summary
Asks about possible erratum in JT’s account of experiments.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Torbitt |
| Date: | 12 Mar [1880] |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 115 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12535 |
To James Torbitt 4 March 1880
Summary
Going to London today to speak to T. H. Farrer about funds for potato breeding experiments. "I have told Farrer I would subscribe £50."
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Torbitt |
| Date: | 4 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12511 |
To James Torbitt 9 May 1880
Summary
Cannot offer any assistance in urging Government to aid JT’s experiments. Thinks best chance through [William Edward?] Forster. William Carruthers reported to Royal Agricultural Society that JT’s attempt was hopeless.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | James Torbitt |
| Date: | 9 May 1880 |
| Classmark: | DAR 148: 120 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12602 |
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- … Darwin on James Torbitt’s project to breed blight-resistant potatoes. Archives of Natural History 35: 208–22. Desmond, Ray. 1994. Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers. New edition, revised with the assistance of Christine Ellwood. London: Taylor & Francis …
