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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Torbitt
Date:
[5] Jan 1881
Source of text:
DAR 148: 127
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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Torbitt
Date:
15 Mar 1881
Source of text:
DAR 148: 128
Summary:

Obliged for potatoes. Has instructed that they be planted and labelled.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Torbitt
Date:
18 May 1881
Source of text:
DAR 148: 129
Summary:

Sends £90 [for experiments on potatoes]. Sorry JT cannot get his varieties well enough known to ensure large sale.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project