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.

Correspondence to Bateson with papers detailing the working of the scheme. Correspondents include A.D. Hall and F.J. Chittenden.

Correspondence to Bateson from E.J. Russell and P.S.U. Pickering re a proposal for the John Innes Horticultural Institution to take over the fruit farm (the Duke of Bedford was planning to close it). Included is a copy of a programme for a vist by Bateson to Woburn Abbey and the fruit farm in 1910.