Thanks for report [on potato experiments].

Still has subscription money for JT’s experiments. How much does he need?

Forster cannot help at present. Is sending copies of an enclosure [missing] to Downing Street.

Does JT require part or all of £90 that CD holds from subscribers for his experiments?

Will CD hold the £90 for JT? Asks him to read enclosed printed letter to W. E. Gladstone which he hopes will attract attention.

Suggests JT make public his letter to W. E. Gladstone [on results of potato experiments]; thinks post office would object to JT’s plan of distribution.

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.

Report on the progress of his experiments with potatoes; some varieties spoilt by an apparently hereditary disease.

Sends CD some samples of recent produce. Is "pretty well disgusted by the apathy and stupidity" he has encountered whilst trying to arouse interest and support for his work.

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.

Receipt, in CD’s hand, signed by JT, acknowledging subscriptions.

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.