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Description: | Details of daffodil records kept by Ralph White. Ralph was a fellow of the R.H.S (Royal Horticultural Society) He developed a passion for daffodils c.1965, having been tutored by some of the well known growers of the day (Reg Wootton of Bloxwich; Mrs Richardson of Ireland and many more) he was interested in bi-coloured daffodils, and showed blooms in London and Birmingham. He bred his own blooms in prepared beds in the garden and in the greenhouse. The family were often coerced in to cleaning pots, weeding daffodil beds and preparing blooms for show days. A "family hobby". Ralph became a national daffodil judge and an expert in his field. The items are arranged chronologically. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Walsall Archives / Local History Centre | Rights holder: | Ralph White | Temporal: | 1965-1991 | Source: | Black Country History | Creator: | Various | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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