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
Obliged for potatoes. Has instructed that they be planted and labelled.
Sends £90 [for experiments on potatoes]. Sorry JT cannot get his varieties well enough known to ensure large sale.
CD’s gardener reports that potatoes were not attacked by disease, but yield was not good. Noble of JT to plan the return of subscriptions if trade continues to improve.