The Central Daffodil Group held it,s Show in the Community Leisure Center , Palmerston North on a very wet Saturday 21 September .A very good attendance of exhibitors from the wide area we cover had over 500 blooms for Chief Judge Spud Brodgen to consider .The flower standard was good but not exceptional and all growers felt that the heavy overnight rain would benefit the daffs as we had been running a little dry for most of the much warmer than average winter . We all felt that we were flowering about a week to 10 days ahead of an average season and this was right across the wide region .We all agreed that there would be no late late show this season .
The Champion Bloom was a fine example of the Hunter raised pink trumpet 1 w – p PINK TOPAZ , well grown and presented by Wayne Hughes .
The Reserve Champion was a new flower to most , 9 W – G Y R , GLENLOSSIE , a beautiful poet selected from seed crossed by Max Hamilton and grown and selected and named by Pleasant Valley Daffodils .It is listed as a new first release in their latest 2013 catalogue .A small but truly beautiful flower grown and exhibited by our very busy Show secretary Wilf Hall .
John Hollever had the first of many premiers with an attractive yellow trumpet seedling , from TEMPLE GOLD O P , very similar to the classical trumpet style of it,s mum ,but a deeper gold colour.
The outside weather was also the bicolour trumpet winner , – a very smooth STORMY WEATHER was bicolour trumpet prem for Ralph Mountfort .
John Hollever had a clean and smooth NEAHKANIE to take the all white trumpet prem .
GLENLOSSIE is a beautiful Div 9. Love the roundness of the petals and the clear colours in the cup.
Lovely clear photos that clearly reflect the beauty of the blooms that I saw there, John.