To T. H. Farrer 10 January 1882
Down Beckenham
Jan. 10th 1882
My dear Farrer.—
I have just received the enclosed & I think it proper to forward it to you, whether or not you read it.1 Will you be so kind as to forward it to Mr Caird,2 if this appears to you a proper & desirable step.— The badness of the varieties which we raised last year is explained by Mr Torbitt’s unfortunate blunder of having used the pollen of a curious, but plainly diseased variety.—3
My dear Farrer | Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin
Footnotes
Summary
Requests that THF forward an enclosure if he thinks it proper. James Torbitt’s blunder in using the pollen of a diseased variety accounts for the bad varieties raised last year.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13608A
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Thomas Henry Farrer, 1st baronet and 1st Baron Farrer
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Surrey History Centre (T. H. Farrer papers 9609/4/1/16 (part) by permission of Emma Corke)
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13608A,” accessed on 28 March 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13608A.xml