To those interested. Of the division 3 South Island Premiers posted today on daffnet it is surprising to find that the New Zealand judges chose a mis-named premier 3W-W. This flower is certainly not Polar Convention, it is however an excellent…
Author: John Hunter, New Zealand
N.Z. Daffodil Journal 2010
Peter and all who receive the NDS Annual I received my copy of the New Zealand Daffodil Annual a few days ago. This Annual contains a number of coloured photographs and some interesting articles, well worth reading. The Editor, (Peter Ramsay) asked whether there…
e-mail query
Does anyone know if the geneticist Dr Peter Brandham is on e-mail? I would like to get in contact with him. Thank you, John John A. Hunter195 Patons RoadR.D.1 RichmondNelsonNew ZealandPhone 64 3 544 0011
‘Ave’
To those interested in historic daffodils, I have just been reading the ADS list of historic daffodils and cannot quite understand why the variety ‘Ave’ is in the pre 1940 list, as the 1935 supposed version of ‘Ave’ appears to…
re Poeticus
To those interested in Poeticus classification. It is not that the variety ‘Merthan’ is a poeticus or not, that interests me, as it is rather impossible to decide by looking at one photograph. It is the mistaken views that some hold on what…
Historics
To all interested in historic classes It has been suggested to me by one of the New Zealand Daffodil growers interested in historic classes that perhaps it is time to divide these daffodils into three groups for exhibition – …