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DCP-LETT-11388

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
Date:
[28 Feb 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 87
Summary:

THF would do a good deal if he gets Agricultural Society to rear cross-fertilised seeds. Society excellent channel for distribution of fungus-proof variety [of potato]. If James Torbitt will carry on work another year, CD will offer him £100.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-11380

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Joseph Dalton Hooker
Date:
28 [Feb 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 95: 449–50
Summary:

CD solicits JDH’s aid in obtaining Government funds for James Torbitt’s efforts to breed disease resistance in potatoes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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DCP-LETT-11383

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
James Torbitt
Date:
[28 Feb 1878]
Source of text:
DAR 148: 97
Summary:

T. H. Farrer will consider which department of Government to apply to [for funds for potato experiments]. Government will probably ask Hooker for advice, so CD has written to him. How much money does JT need?

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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