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£1m worth of daffodils will rot in fields as pickers sent home amid Covid-19 crisis

The directors of Grampian Growers, Scotland’s leading producer of daffodil blooms have made the unilateral decision to stop picking even though it means around £1 million worth of flowers will be left to wither in the fields.

Ewan Pate
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£1m worth of daffodils will rot in fields as pickers sent home amid Covid-19 crisis

The directors of Grampian Growers, Scotland's leading producer of daffodil blooms have made the unilateral decision to stop picking even though it means around £1 million worth of flowers will be left...

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