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From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Nov 1879
Source of text:
DAR 52: E3; DAR 178: 155
Summary:

Success of his experiments; report on recent work.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
15 Nov 1879
Source of text:
DAR 52: E4; DAR 178: 156
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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[after 19 Nov 1879]
Source of text:
DAR 178: 158
Summary:

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

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
James Torbitt
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
20 Nov 1879
Source of text:
DAR 178: 157
Summary:

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

This year’s crosses were failures.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project