Daffodil fields near Boswarthen
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Daffodil fields near Boswarthen
Image: © Sheila Russell Taken: 2 Mar 2006
Cultivation of daffodils in West Cornwall has a history that goes back at least 150 years. Even now the area produces one fifth of the world's early daffodils. Today about 80 pickers (temporary workers) arrive in vans to work in the fields - very cold work.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.101066
Longitude
-5.6176