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Author Topic: Newspaper - guess the snowdrop test!  (Read 2609 times)

Jo

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Re: Newspaper - guess the snowdrop test!
« Reply #15 on: February 06, 2014, 05:09:06 PM »
The description though is for 'Atkinsii' ......
"An old cultivar with tall, elegant flowers and a heart-shaped green mark. It has won an RHS Award of Garden Merit for its quality"

The description is of Atkinsii and the photo is of Anglsey Abbey,  I reckon anyways  :)

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Re: Newspaper - guess the snowdrop test!
« Reply #16 on: February 06, 2014, 05:17:04 PM »
That's how I see it, Jo - surprised there are no more errors really - national press and all that!!  :D
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It was the first thing Ian said - " how many are wrongly labelled?"
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Re: Newspaper - guess the snowdrop test!
« Reply #17 on: February 06, 2014, 05:21:23 PM »
I am shocked.  I got 100%.  I must spend too much time on the Galanthus thread.  The descriptions helped as I would not have known some of them by the photographs.
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Re: Newspaper - guess the snowdrop test!
« Reply #18 on: February 06, 2014, 05:34:22 PM »
The description is of Atkinsii and the photo is of Anglsey Abbey,  I reckon anyways  :)

Agree, if it wasn't for that would have got 100%, demand a recount!

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Re: Newspaper - guess the snowdrop test!
« Reply #19 on: February 06, 2014, 05:36:51 PM »
100 % . Must agree with Roma that the desccriptions helped a lot.
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Re: Newspaper - guess the snowdrop test!
« Reply #20 on: February 06, 2014, 07:44:56 PM »
That's a bit easier than the tests we usually have on this forum ;D ;D ;D Usually get everything wrong, this time the opposite.

So next time we have one of those vases with 20 partially obscured snowdrops to identify please can we have a description of each and three choices ???
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Re: Newspaper - guess the snowdrop test!
« Reply #21 on: February 06, 2014, 07:53:16 PM »
The description is of Atkinsii and the photo is of Anglsey Abbey,  I reckon anyways  :)
That's how i saw it. 8).It's maybe a trick question,but most likely bad journalism......... ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Newspaper - guess the snowdrop test!
« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2014, 08:44:10 PM »
Here is a little vase of snowdrops for Telegraph readers to have a go at (from last winter). I am not sure I can recall the names of all them!
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Re: Newspaper - guess the snowdrop test!
« Reply #23 on: February 08, 2014, 11:32:57 PM »
I got 90%.  I'm amazed, but I have to admit that it was a combination of the photo and the description.  The one I got wrong was 'Kite'.  I have grown it since 2010, and it has never been twin-headed.  I think it came from Colesbourne originally but I am not completely sure.  Photo below, is it 'Kite'?
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Re: Newspaper - guess the snowdrop test!
« Reply #24 on: February 09, 2014, 09:23:41 AM »
Looks right Carolyn - this is my plant of 'Kite' and I don't ever remember it being twin headed. It is a very elegant snowdrop and stands out in some way.
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