Month: October 2008

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The  trumpet collections  ,   Yellow Trumpets  —  winner  Malrose    3  each  of  Gympie [ top flower missing was premier ] ,  Chobe  River ,  Ombersley   Bi – colour trumpets  —  winner  M &  M  Brown   Compute…

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Winner of class 1  —  12  x  3  N Z Raised  John  Hunter    All  his own  sdlgs   Tranquil  Image , Tucana , Pacific Fire , Placid  Sea ,   Polar  Gift , Navigator , 18- 86A , White…

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Hi  Daffnetters,    Rather quiet so will run through some more S  I  Natinal  at  Nelson.   First , good feedback on red cupped poet  taken at Wilf Halls   It is a Dreaver sdlg  D P  11  —  Wilf…

Jan Pennings in Columbus

Picture taken about an hour ago on my cell phone after an excellent talk by Jan and demonstration by his wife at the Easton Towne Center Smith & Hawken store which now carries a premium Pennings line of bulbs.  About…

Repairing the ADS Banners

I did not request replacement parts for the broken mounting clips on the top of our set of ADS banners. Then last weekend I went to use them at an all-day Bulb session and one of the staff at the…

Last Dice

One of my last doubles to flower   Last  Dice  —  4Y Y  —  Cametot  x  Tahiti   A  lightly framed double on a very good , strong stem . Has about  20 %  with good  pistils  and sets plenty…