Carnegie Hyacinths 2011/2012

I tried to take a photo of each hyacinth at its peak although I didn't always catch them at the right time. I made some notes at the time I observed the flowers in bloom. I have given each a rating of "poor", "poor/ok", "ok" or "good" making it easier to make comparisons and calculate an average. At first I just had "poor", "ok" and "good" but I was judging some as "poor" that had in fact bloomed so I thought I had to give them a slightly better rating if they bloomed even if I thought the resulting  flower was poor.

I've noted the date the flower was in full bloom. Unless otherwise noted, they were started the 11th to 16th of September.

Overall this is not an impressive group of hyacinths and neither suppliers' bulbs are noticeably better than the other. I judge Carnegie to be a "poor/ok" performer. The Bloms Carnegie bulbs were "poor/ok" on average and the Parkers were barely "ok". I don't think there's much difference between the two.

Vase	Image	Rating	Notes, Supplier
15		poor/ok	flower not fully emerged from the leaves full bloom 11-2-2012 Bloms
16		poor/ok	flower stem bent full bloom 19-1-2012 Bloms
24		poor	flower stem bent, end of January still had no roots but took it out of the cellar anyway full bloom 11-2-2012 Bloms
65		poor/ok	flower emerged from the leaves but a bit thin, small sparse flower full bloom 23-12-2011 Bloms
6		poor/ok	disappointing, flower bent at the top, double-stemmed full bloom (main stem) 19-1-2012 Parkers
7		poor/ok	flower stem bent full bloom 21-12-2011 Parkers
10		ok	flower a bit small full bloom 23-12-2011 Parkers
83		poor/ok	full bloom 11-2-2012 bent over
		ok	full bloom 28-12-2011 Parkers