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From James Torbitt   [1879?]

Summary

Has found no [potato] variety whose foliage can resist the parasite, except when grown under glass.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [1879?]
Classmark:  DAR 178: 151
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-11814

From James Torbitt   30 April 1879

Summary

Has had an account of his experiments published. Sends CD some specimens of seedlings and tubers.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  30 Apr 1879
Classmark:  DAR 178: 152
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12020

From James Torbitt   1 May 1879

Summary

Describes one of his varieties of potato in its third and fourth years. [CD notes his observations on this variety grown at Down, July 1879.]

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 May 1879
Classmark:  DAR 178: 153
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12023

From James Torbitt   18 September 1879

Summary

Illness of his wife.

Potato crossing experiments; believes he has increased yield considerably.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  18 Sept 1879
Classmark:  DAR 178: 154
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12233

From James Torbitt   4 November 1879

Summary

Success of his experiments; report on recent work.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  4 Nov 1879
Classmark:  DAR 52: E3; DAR 178: 155
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12292

From James Torbitt   15 November 1879

Summary

Encloses latest report on his new potatoes. Believes the plants should be grown from seed every fourth year to preserve yield and disease-resistance.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 Nov 1879
Classmark:  DAR 52: E4; DAR 178: 156
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12322

From James Torbitt   20 November 1879

Summary

Intends to get his ideas on the "wearing out" of varieties printed.

This year’s crosses were failures.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  20 Nov 1879
Classmark:  DAR 178: 157
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12332

From James Torbitt   [after 19 November 1879]

Summary

Encloses a report on JT’s potato varieties by William Meredith, one of the many individuals in the country who are growing them.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  [after 19 Nov 1879]
Classmark:  DAR 178: 158
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12337

From James Torbitt   25 December 1879

Summary

Reports that Phylloxera-resistant vines have been found in an infected region of Portugal.

Author:  James Torbitt
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 Dec 1879
Classmark:  DAR 178: 159
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-12370
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