Stuk WB/K/K.54-K.58/K.54-K.56 - Application for a grant for fruit tree breeding

Extent: 3 folders

Bateson's correspondence with Laxton Brothers, the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and others, with related papers. The material relates principally to the grant application; earlier and later material is included. Included are the following: copies of reports by the John Innes Horticultural Institution on the hybrid fruit trees received from Laxton Brothers, at K.55, K.56; a manuscript titled 'Notes on Fragaria' by C.W. Richardson at K.56.

Admin History: In 1911 Laxton Brothers applied to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Development Fund to assist with their experiments in breeding fruit trees. The seedling fruit trees that they raised were to be transferred, over a period of time, to the grounds of the John Innes Horticultural Institution. A grant was made to Laxton.