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DCP-LETT-11384

From:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Feb 1878
Source of text:
DAR 164: 86
Summary:

CD’s quest for Government support for potato experiments by James Torbitt.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-11382

From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Feb 1878
Source of text:
DAR 144: 484
Summary:

Thanks for letter. Prepared to continue experiments if aided. Thinks of distributing new [potato] varieties. Believes seeds should be planted this spring.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11381

From:
Alexander Stephen Wilson
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
28 Feb 1878
Source of text:
DAR 181: 112
Summary:

Fertilisation of wheat.

Would like to borrow Wilhelm Rimpau’s papers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11754G

From:
Francis Darwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 28 Feb 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 274.1: 46
Summary:

He is getting some of the Heracleum seed sowed and the Cycas planted. Does CD want anything done with the potatoes sent by James Torbitt?

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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