Tuber Sale Wed 21st Jan 09
Over 40 members were at this year's tuber sale. There were 60 different varieties of tuber for sale. A complete list can be seen here :Tuber sale.pdf.
The Midlands Dahlia Society
Prices exceed last year's record!
The £5.50 paid last year for Lilian Marston was easily beaten by this year's star tuber - Weston Corsair - sold at £6.10!
Other high prices were paid for another new variety - Elmdon Surperba: £5.10, a miniature ball, colour - darker than Jomanda.
Sir Alf Ramsey was also in demand at £3.50, just less than the £3.60 for Blyton Softer Gleam.
Below: a member bidding for a tuber - Society Chairman Ron is the auctioneer, encouraging high bids. On his left Tim was also an auctioneer for the night.
So some high prices were obtained - the highest was £6.10 for Weston Corsair ( 6 tubers were for sale). Yours truly bought two - I will let you know how I get on with them, later in the year. Tom McLelland would not have approved though - he told me "only pay up to £1 for a tuber!"