RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1848. Kent [Letter on the potato disease]. Gardeners’ Chronicle, no. 30 (22 July): 491.

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe. 2.2021. RN1

NOTE: This letter to the Gardeners’ Chronicle had been previously overlooked. We first re-publish it here. Darwin makes reference to the spread of the infamous potato blight of 1848. There is no other reference to the blight in Darwin's surviving correspondence making this brief line particularly interesting. See the image view for the full context in which this line by Darwin appeared.

[page] 491

KENT.—Potatoes in my field have been seized by the disease in its most virulent form, giving out a nauseous smell, perceptible in an adjoining field; C. Darwin; Farnborough, July 13.

 


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