From James Torbitt [1879?]
Summary
Has found no [potato] variety whose foliage can resist the parasite, except when grown under glass.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [1879?] |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 151 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-11814 |
From James Torbitt 30 April 1879
Summary
Has had an account of his experiments published. Sends CD some specimens of seedlings and tubers.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 Apr 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 152 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12020 |
From James Torbitt 1 May 1879
Summary
Describes one of his varieties of potato in its third and fourth years. [CD notes his observations on this variety grown at Down, July 1879.]
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 1 May 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 153 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12023 |
From James Torbitt 18 September 1879
Summary
Illness of his wife.
Potato crossing experiments; believes he has increased yield considerably.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 18 Sept 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 154 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12233 |
From James Torbitt 4 November 1879
Summary
Success of his experiments; report on recent work.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 4 Nov 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 52: E3; DAR 178: 155 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12292 |
From James Torbitt 15 November 1879
Summary
Encloses latest report on his new potatoes. Believes the plants should be grown from seed every fourth year to preserve yield and disease-resistance.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 15 Nov 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 52: E4; DAR 178: 156 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12322 |
From James Torbitt 20 November 1879
Summary
Intends to get his ideas on the "wearing out" of varieties printed.
This year’s crosses were failures.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 20 Nov 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 157 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12332 |
From James Torbitt [after 19 November 1879]
Summary
Encloses a report on JT’s potato varieties by William Meredith, one of the many individuals in the country who are growing them.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | [after 19 Nov 1879] |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 158 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12337 |
From James Torbitt 25 December 1879
Summary
Reports that Phylloxera-resistant vines have been found in an infected region of Portugal.
Author: | James Torbitt |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 25 Dec 1879 |
Classmark: | DAR 178: 159 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-12370 |