"THE NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF GREAT BRITAIN"

("THE NATIONAL CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY LATE SHOW HELD AT WESTMINSTER IN 1988") The 1988 National Society Late Show held in London was the last time that we would ever see those beautiful and most magnificent Slow Parks centre show piece of charm, cascades and sprays which adorned those tall slender columns, the like of which we will never see again.

Wonderful cascades on tall piller`s

Those wonderful ball like charms

And even more wonderful cascades

This video covers the activities and deliberations of the N.C.S. floral committee as they deliberate on the qualities of each and every new cultivar that comes before them. Also exhibitors arriving all through the night in London to stage their blooms ready for the show the next day. We stop and chat to the exhibitors to see how they faired during the growing year, we cover the judges judging the show on the following day and show how the exhibits get on when the exhibitors go from the hall. After the judging is complete the show opens and then we take a tour around the show bench to see how it went and show how those

John Hildreth`s wonderful sprays.

George Anderson with his large japs

Winning set of five vases of blooms

wonderful blooms look in closeup, then we cover the trophy prize giving and who gets which trophies as their name is called out and they walk proudly up the long staircase to collect the prizes. Not forgetting that they have gone for about thirty six hours without sleep.

Winning three vases at the 88 show

A birds eye view of the 88 show

Winning nine large exhibition blooms

The time run of this video is about two and a half hours and it covers just about everything you would like to see in a show like this. The cost of this video in V.H.S.-Pal (U.K.) including postage and packing is just £20. The cost in V.H.S.- N.T.S.C. (U.S.A.) and all other overseas formats including airmail postage and packing is £30.

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