SPRING HARBINGERS
Daffodils at the Markets VERY EARLY SEASON Harbingers of spring, the first cluster of golden daffodils arrived at the Allen Street markets yesterday. Not that the nodding bells spoke of anything approaching the poetical or sentimental to those in attendance. Those are usually men on the eager look-out for something to buy on which they could turn an honest penny, and many a penny is gained in Wellington by the sale and re-sale of blossoms in narclssitlme. The season is an early one. Although in July there were several sharp frosts, there were some lovely sunny days, and, on the whole, the weather was fairly dry. One Otakl flower-grower, who depends largely on the Wellington market, said it had been a wonderful season, and he had not lost one day in the garden. . , Jonquils—the heralds of the narcissi family—have been selling locally for the past month, together with anemones, freezias, and violets. These are still with us, but variety has been lent the market displays by the coloursome advent of the daffodils, and Iceland popples—faithful harbingers of spring—whilst perfumining all are great clusters of birch, aromatic of the bush.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 264, 3 August 1932, Page 10
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191SPRING HARBINGERS Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 264, 3 August 1932, Page 10
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