To James Torbitt 18 May 1881
Down,
May 18, 1881
My dear Sir
I have the pleasure to enclose a cheque for £90 and will you be so kind as to return me the enclosed receipted, that I may hereafter show it to the subscribers.1
I am extremely sorry that you cannot get your varieties sufficiently well known to ensure a large sale.2 It is very hard on you, but I cannot doubt that they will be ultimately known and spread. You will at least have the inward satisfaction of having benefited your country. I have an extra number of letters to answer, so pray excuse brevity.
My dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Ch. Darwin.
Footnotes
Bibliography
Torbitt, James. 1876. Cras credemus. A treatise on the cultivation of the potato from the seed, having for proposed results the extinction of the disease, and a yield of thirty, forty or more tons of tubers per statute acre. (Sent, accompanied by a packet of seed, to each member of the House of Lords; each member of the House of Commons; and the principal landlords of Ulster.) Belfast: printed by Alexander Mayne.
Summary
Sends £90 [for experiments on potatoes]. Sorry JT cannot get his varieties well enough known to ensure large sale.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13165
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- James Torbitt
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- DAR 148: 129
- Physical description
- C 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13165,” accessed on 23 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13165.xml
