Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Archibald H Ritchie

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Letter to Frederick Orpen Bower from Archibald H Ritchie concerning his application for the position of Crown Entomologist of Jamaica. he is required to fill in a form and provide testimonials and asks if Bower could provide a statement in his support. He remarks that the application is likely to be a long process. He also describes his travels through the United States which took in the apple growing region of New York, the peach and vine belt near Lake Ontario, Ohio, Indiana and the southern tobacco growing regions of Tennessee and Kentucky.

• Apples
• Applications for Positions
• Climbing Plants
• Entomology
• Peach
• Professional Assistance
• Tobacco
• Travel

• Bower | Frederick Orpen | 1855-1948 | regius professor of botany, University of Glasgow
• Ritchie | Archibald H | fl1915 | crown entomologist of Jamaica

• Cornell University | New York (New York, United States)

• Indiana (United States)
• Jamaica
• Kentucky (United States)
• Ontario, Lake (New York, United States and Ontario, Canada)
• New York (New York, United States)
• Ohio (United States)
• Tennessee (United States)
• United States