Growers hope the commercial production of daffodils will make Kilcrohane in Cork the garden of Ireland.
The growing of daffodils in Kilcrohane County Cork is a new business venture for the area.
A local grower explains the workflow that sees flowers picked, sorted, sized, bunched and boxed before being sent for sale in Ireland and exported to the United Kingdom. He hopes that,
Kilcrohane will be the garden of Ireland and not Wicklow
This episode of 'On the Land' was broadcast on 21 March 1965. The reporter is Ted Nealon.
'On the Land' was a weekly programme for farmers broadcast from 1962 to 1971. Jack White, Head of Public Affairs, Telifís Éireann, wrote "Good cover of farming is a basic duty for a television network that serves an agricultural country. Telifís Éireann is anxious to do its bit to make for a better life on the land." (RTV Guide, 9 February 1966. Vol.1, No.11, p.6)
