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To T. H. Farrer 2 March 1878
Summary
Describes James Torbitt’s plan for producing disease-resistant potato varieties. [Letter is an earlier version of 11406.]
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 2 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 88 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11389 |
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- … r . Torbitt’s plan of overcoming the potato disease seems to me by far the best which has ever been suggested. It consists as you know from his printed letter, of rearing a vast number of seedlings from cross …
- … cross fertilized seeds in M r Torbitts possession produced by parents which have already shewn some power of resisting the disease are not utilized by the Government or some Public body and the process of selection continued during several more generations— Should the Agricult: Soc: undertake the work M r Torbitts knowledge gained by experience would be especially valuable; & an outline of his plan is given in his printed letter. …
To T. H. Farrer 5 March 1880
Summary
[Letter written as a postscript to 11406.] CD has reread his letter of 7 Mar 1878 about the value of James Torbitt’s work on the potato disease and has nothing to withdraw. Emphasises Torbitt’s need for immediate financial help.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 5 Mar 1880 |
| Classmark: | Linnean Society of London (MS 489) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12512 |
To T. H. Farrer 7 March 1878
Summary
If THF and James Caird [Enclosure Commissioner] approve of enclosed letter, CD will send it to Hooker.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer |
| Date: | 7 Mar 1878 |
| Classmark: | DAR 144: 92; Linnean Society of London (MS 489) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11407 |
