Contents of an envelope so inscribed. Correspondence to Bateson from Florence E. Frowd relating to breeding of cats (particularly 'silver cats'), with accompanying notes on 'The Chinchilla Variety', pedigrees and two specimens of cats' fur. Included is one further letter (undated) from another.
Also fruit character tables in back, possibly raspberry
Papers, texts of papers given at HEA spring conference held at National College of Agricultural Engineering, Silsoe, Beds.
Descriptions and copies of photographs of fruit house, Merton, fruit plots Bayfordbury, Merton thornless blackberry, PT Thomas, AG Brown, MB Crane?
Apples: sports for mildew testing; descriptions of Merton apple/ cherry varieties; notes on flavour and keeping qualities of apple 'Mutsee' (1962); table: estimated flesh colour effect of apple varieties as parents; pear varieties producing variegated sports; Gardner & Hatcher (of East Malling): 1 page report 'Regeneration in relation to vegetative vigour and flowering'; table showing effect of rootstock on age at first flowering.
Lists of apple, pear and plum selections 1962. 'Varieties not required in mansion fruit store' 1965. List of seedlings with notes on performance.
Email Noel Ellis (JIC) to Barry Robertson about Robiona Ellis hybrids and tree tags. Tree planting list for West Drive Lawn (Merton apples).
Correspondence to Bateson with papers detailing the working of the scheme. Correspondents include A.D. Hall and F.J. Chittenden.