Rosecarpe Horticultural Society Spring Bulb Show 2012

[FrazerHenderson]

The Rosecarpe Horticultural Society Spring Bulb Show 2012

will be held on
Saturday 21 April and Sunday 22 April (1000-1700hrs)
at Gateshead Leisure Centre, Alexandra Road, Gateshead, NE8 4JA.

This is a major show for Daffodils and Tulips, with a  strong representation from the Northern Group of the Daffodil Society.

To give you an idea of the size of the show in 2009 there were over 350 entries, with over 1050 stems of flowers in 51 daffodil and tulip open classes with entries from as far afield as Dundee and South Yorkshire.

The exhibitor, Morris Robinson, of last year's winning Rosecarpe Tulip Open Championship class for 9 blooms/stems also won the Tulip Championship of Great Britain (at Harrogate Show)  with 3 vases of 9 tulips (27 blooms in all). On both occasions his winning variety was 'World Peace' a pink/red shading to yellow.

A report of the 2012 show, hopefully, will follow after the event.


http://daffodils.thenortherngroup.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Rosecarp.pdf

[FrazerHenderson]

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The exhibitor, Morris Robinson, of last year's winning Rosecarpe Tulip Open Championship class for 9 blooms/stems: 'World Peace' a pink/red shading to yellow.

[FrazerHenderson]

I discovered today that Rosecarpe is a conflation of Rose-Carnation-Pea.

The bulb show seems to have come into being to occupy growers and showers in the North East of England in the early part of the year.

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Note that the National UK Tulip Show and Northern Daffodil Show take place at Harrogate the week following Rosecarpe - more details of those shows at http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8512.0

[FrazerHenderson]

I attended the Rosecarpe Show yesterday and a friendlier bunch of gardeners you could not wish to meet. I do recommend a visit as visitors are made most welcome, with the committee and well-known Northern growers/breeders (daffodil and tulip) puting themselves out to assist and share knowledge. I was also the recipient of beginner's good fortune.

The show results from the Tulip Classes were:

OPEN:

Class 42: Championship Class 9 blooms, one variety (3)
1. Burgundy (P Holmes) 2. Alabastar (F Henderson) 3. NNG (P Holmes)

Class 43: 5 blooms, one variety 8
1. NNG (P Holmes) 2. NNG (P Holmes)

Class 44: 3 blooms each of 3 varieties ( 2)
1. NNG (P Holmes) 2. Sun Dawn (F Henderson)

Class 45: 3 blooms red or pink (4)
1. NNG (P Holmes) 2. NNG (P Holmes ) 3. NNG (P Holmes)

Class 46: 3 blooms, yellow (5)
1. NNG (R O'Neil) 2. NNG (C Cochrane) 3. NNG (P Holmes)

Class 47: 3 blooms, white (3)
1. Alabaster (F Henderson) 2. NNG (R O'Neil) 3. NNG (P Holmes)

Class 48: 3 blooms any colour (4)
1. Cummins (fringed) (C Cochrane) 2. NNG (P Holmes) Princess Irene (F Henderson)

Class 49: 3 blooms, lily (3)
1. NNG (P Holmes) 2. NNG (P Holmes) 3. NNG (P Holmes)

Members Only:

Class 70: 3 blooms, any variety(10)
1. NNG (P Holmes) 2. NNG (C Cochrane)


Sorry no pictures (forgot camera!). Everything was beautifully staged in Gateshead leisure centre and the show was organised professionally with well-printed cards etc. This was a real credit to the show secretary Mr Peter Wilkinson.

I'd seriously recommend checking it out next year - after all it's only 25 minutes further south than Ponteland or Hexham (which are show haunts for Scottish showers/growers).

Frazer

[Maggi Young]

Congrats on your showsuccess, Frazer 

Does "NNG" stand for  'no  name given'? 

[FrazerHenderson]

Does "NNG" stand for  'no  name given'?  

Yes - I should have advised so.  

It was my first time showing daffs/tulips so I was fairly chuffed, particularly against the top showers. The daffodils were something else - with many, many narcissi species on show (as well as all the usual daffs in divisions 1-12). A great show and exceptionally well-organised.

[arillady]

Well done Frazer - looks like the way you transported the blooms to the show worked!!

[FrazerHenderson]

Pat

I did half and half: half in wine bottles and the others dry in a sealed box wrapped in paper (and in order to keep the temperature down I enclosed cooling wine sleeves). With all this talk of alcohol anyone would think I was a drinker and yet ironically I'm teetotal!

Thanks for the advice.

Frazer

[Brian Ellis]

Well done Frazer, I always think white is the most difficult colour to exhibit as it always gives away the slightest imperfection.

Wot no photos