Dazzling 'Milkmaid' carries off top prize

摘要

Afortnight earlier, at the previous joint AGS/SRGC show at Blackpool, the Forrest Medal had been spirited away to southern England. At Hexham the score was evened up with the Fairer Medal going north of the border to Cyril Lafong from Glenrothes. HisPrimula 'Broadwell Milkmaid' was immaculate and of a size that takes a decade or more to achieve.Joe Elliott is fondly remembered for cultivating a number of European primulas, from P. auricula 'Broadwell Gold' (which he espied in a local kitchen garden) to P. allionii 'Apple Blossom', raised by his father's business partner Frank Barker.