Daffodil and Tulip YearbookRoyal Horticultural Society,., 1993 - Daffodils |
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Page 37
... seed . No success no seed and no seed no seedlings to admire . Many people consider that the best way to pollinate a flower is to hold a complete anther in a pair of forceps and dust the stigma of the seed parent with it . I prefer to ...
... seed . No success no seed and no seed no seedlings to admire . Many people consider that the best way to pollinate a flower is to hold a complete anther in a pair of forceps and dust the stigma of the seed parent with it . I prefer to ...
Page 38
... seed last year , I found that a number had ' chitted ' in the bag and from an August sowing , I had almost 90 per cent germination this spring . Sowing seed Some people sow seed in pots . This method avoids the problem of mixing ...
... seed last year , I found that a number had ' chitted ' in the bag and from an August sowing , I had almost 90 per cent germination this spring . Sowing seed Some people sow seed in pots . This method avoids the problem of mixing ...
Page 39
... seed in each . I like using forceps because a gentle squeeze reveals the ' softies ' , which then can be discarded rather than planted and thus upset the germination statistics . Once the labels are in and the numbers of seeds per cross ...
... seed in each . I like using forceps because a gentle squeeze reveals the ' softies ' , which then can be discarded rather than planted and thus upset the germination statistics . Once the labels are in and the numbers of seeds per cross ...
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Colour Illustrations | 4 |
Trumpet Daffodils | 18 |
W FM Copeland Sally Kington | 32 |
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12 cultivars Achduart alpestris Altun and/or orange colouring April Love asturiensis award B S Duncan Badbury Rings Ballyrobert basal rot Best division Bloom in Show bred and raised bulbs Burntollet Carolyn Oxton Charlwood Clive Postles collection classes Copeland corona cultivars cyclamineus D G Matthews Daffodil Competition Daffodil Society Dailmanach Doctor Hugh Empress of Ireland entries exhibitors exhibits F C Postles flowers G Ridley Gay Kybo Golden Vale growers grown Hawera hispanicus hybridising Inverpolly J W Blanchard Jarman John Blanchard John Pearson jonquilla judges Koanga Kybo M S Bradbury Miss M Charlwood N A Burr Narcissus and Tulip nobilis orange colouring Oxton Payne perianth petals Plessis poeticus pseudonarcissus R A Brand R A Scamp red and/or orange season seed seedling Silent Valley Simmonds Medal six cultivars three blooms Three cultivars three stems triandrus Trophy trumpet trumpet daffodils vase of three White Star white trumpet winner winning Wisley yellow