Varfell is a hamlet within the parish of

Ludgvan Ludgvan ( ; kw, Lujuan) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK, northeast of Penzance. Ludgvan village is split between Churchtown, on the hill, and Lower Quarter to the east, adjoining Crowlas. For the purposes of local go ...

, Cornwall, UK. Varfell Farm is the world's largest producers of daffodil bulbs.

History

In 1882 the Penzance Rural Sanitary Authority agreed to supply Mr Lawry daily for the greenhouses, on the condition that if there was a shortage the supply would be diverted to Marazion and

St Michael's Mount St Michael's Mount ( kw, Karrek Loos yn Koos, meaning " hoar rock in woodland") is a tidal island in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The island is a civil parish and is linked to the town of Marazion by a causeway of granite se ...

. The annual rate of payment was £6. Varfell is now one the centres of production for the large flower and

bulb In botany, a bulb is structurally a short stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs duri ...

growers Winchester Bulbs.

Famous people

Varfell was the ancestral home of chemist Humphry Davy.

References

* Penwith Hamlets in Cornwall {{Penwith-geo-stub