Day: September 4, 2009

Cameo Magic

Best Bloom was Cameo Magic despite a nick!  It is fashioning a wonderful show record.   That’s it for now   Petyer

Pic 2

This is a 3YR bred from Red Hen first time on the show bench.  Colour is intense red, not as shown in the pic.  It was Reserve Best Bloom

Flowers at Morrinsville

Hello All,   Our first “major” show was at Morrinsville and Like the Central Districts Show there was a record turnout with 17 exhibitors participating in the Daffodil Section – cut flowers and camellias were also well supported.   I…

Fertilizer recipes

I’ve been trying to straighten some files and I came across something in papers of Delia’s that I thought daffnet members might find interesting.    She had a typed recipe for Phil Phillip’s Planting Fertilizer and a hand written recipe for…

1914 & 1915 RHS Year-Book

I find I have duplicates of the 1914 and 1915 Daffodil Year-Books and will sell them for what I paid, $150 + post for both  These were the second and third years in the series.  They make for fascinating reading. …

Results

Thanks John for getting the results and photos from the Otaki show so promptly. I hope others and in NZ and Aus can do the same. For what is reported as an awful season the flower quality looks very good…