Standing up and looking at you is what a winning bloom is supposed to do and that's just what Sue Deadman's daffodil is doing right here, so she's won the Jennifer Godfrey Cup for the champion bloom in the Waimarino Spring Show. It's the third time one of her blooms has taken the top prize in the show, having won last year and in 1989. The show is open to all gardeners in the area and is run by the Raetihi Garden Club. Mrs Deadman said she wasn't sure of the variety but that it grew from a bulb from Bea Barnes' garden shop. Show organiser Locheen Punch said the good winter had not led to early flowering or greater abundance, but that the quality was high. "Daffodils seem to be creatures of habit and usually they flower within a week or so from year to year," she said.

Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 11, Issue 504, 21 September 1993, Page 1 (Supplement)

Standing up and looking at you is what a winning bloom is supposed to do and that's just what Sue Deadman's daffodil is doing right here, so she's won the Jennifer Godfrey Cup for the champion bloom in the Waimarino Spring Show. It's the third time one of her blooms has taken the top prize in the show, having won last year and in 1989. The show is open to all gardeners in the area and is run by the Raetihi Garden Club. Mrs Deadman said she wasn't sure of the variety but that it grew from a bulb from Bea Barnes' garden shop. Show organiser Locheen Punch said the good winter had not led to early flowering or greater abundance, but that the quality was high. "Daffodils seem to be creatures of habit and usually they flower within a week or so from year to year," she said.