32nd Annual Fortuna Garden Club  Daffodil Show

“Daff-Mania”

Ben Blake and Anne Kadarach working on photography before show opens to public!

2007 32nd Annual Fortuna Garden Club  Daffodil Show
“Daff-Mania”

Show results information are presented in the following format: the identification of the award; the name of the cultivar(s) and possibly the division (a number from 1 thru 13) followed by the color of the petals, a dash, and the color of the cup;and the name of the exhibitor.

Some of the daffodils have multiple colored petals and cups, so you will see more than one color identified between the dashes. For more information about the classification of daffodils see Classification Definitions.

Show Statistics: Are not available

2007 Fortuna GOLD RIBBON –  Lurig, 2Y-R, exhibited by Stan Baird

WHITE RIBBON – Tripartite, 11a Y-Y, exhibited by Jan Moyers

MINI GOLD RIBBON – Fairy Chimes, 5 Y-Y, exhibited by Kirby Fong

MINI WHITE RIBBON – N. triandrus var. triandrus, exhibited by Nancy Wilson

ROSE RIBBON –   Sdlg # 7-3-10, 2 Y-WWP, hybridized and exhibited by Bob Spotts

MINI ROSE RIBBON –  Sdlg  # m7-3-1, 7 Y-Y, exhibited by Bob Spotts

Collections

PURPLE RIBBON – Kirby Fong – Division 2 collection

• Geometrics 2W-Y
• Xunantunich 2YYW-WWY
• Good Fishing 2W-YOO
• Rio Lobo 2O-O
• Brogden BB383/22 2W-P

LAVENDER RIBBON – Nancy Wilson

• Towai 12Y-Y
• N. triandrus sbsp. lusitanicus 13Y-Y
• Shillingstone 8W-W
• N. jonquilla var. henriquesii 13Y-Y
• Stella Turk 6Y-Y

Photos by Kirby Fong and Nancy Tackett

 12th Annual Mother Lode Show and Pacific Regional Show at Ironstone Vineyards, Murphys

2007 Annual Mother Lode and Pacific Region Show Results

Show results information are presented in the following format: the identification of the award; the name of the cultivar(s) and possibly the division (a number from 1 thru 13) followed by the color of the petals, a dash, and the color of the cup;and the name of the exhibitor.

Some of the daffodils have multiple colored petals and cups, so you will see more than one color identified between the dashes. For more information about the classification of daffodils see Classification Definitions.

Show Statistics:

Horticulture: Number of Exhibits: 459
Number of Exhibitors: 23
Number of Blooms: 1,059

Artistic Arrangements:  Number of Exhibits: 43
Number of Exhibitors: 16

Photography:  Number of Exhibits: 43
Number of Exhibitors: 11
Best in Show Exhibitor:  Kirby Fong
Title:  ‘American Dream’ portrait

2007 Murphys GOLD RIBBON –  Seedling 7-1-51,  1YYG-Y, exhibited by Bob Spotts

WHITE RIBBON – Bob Spotts, 2 W-W, exhibited by Bob Spotts

MINI GOLD RIBBON – Good Friend, 6W-Y, exhibited by Kirby Fong

MINI WHITE RIBBON – Hawera, 5Y-Y, exhibited by Jon Kawaguchi

Youth Best Bloom – Emerald Empire, 2W-GWW,   Sierra Johnson

ROSE RIBBON –   Sdlg # 7-1-51 parentage lost, 1 YYG-Y  Bob Spotts

MINI ROSE RIBBON –  Sdlg  # m7-2-67, (N. jonquilla x N. scaberulus) 7 Y-Y, exhibited by Bob Spotts

Intermediate Award –  Sdlg # 6-2-48, 1Y-O, exhibited by Bob Spotts

Small Grower Award Oregon Lights, 2 W-O,  Don Boos

Historic Daffodil Award – Mount Hood, 1W-W, 1937, Kirby Fong

Historic Daffodil Vase-of-Three Award – Verger, 1938, 3W-R, Melissa Reading

Standard Container Grown Award – Itzim, 6Y-R, Melissa Reading

Miniature Daffodil Container Grown Award -Oregon Petticoat Group, 10 Y-Y, Bob Spotts

Species Container Grown Award – N. willkommii, 13Y-Y, Bob Spotts

SILVER RIBBON (most blues) – Bob Spotts with 33 Blue Ribbons

Collections

PURPLE RIBBON -Bob Spotts – Orange/Red Cup collection

• 7-2-90               2Y-YOO
• 7-2-91               2Y-Y
• ‘Pacific Rim’     2Y-YYO
• 7-2-92               2Y-Y
• 7-2-4                 2YYW-P

LAVENDER RIBBON – Jon Kawaguchi

• Zinkowski #93-30-14, 10Y-Y
• ‘April Tears’, 5Y-Y
• ‘Sabrosa’, 7Y-Y
• ‘Mary Plumstead’,  5Y-Y
• ‘Mitimoto’,  10W-Y

RED-WHITE-BLUE Ribbon – Bob Spotts

• 7-1-51  1YYG-Y
• 7-1-18  2Y-O
• 7-2-23  2Y-O
• 7-2-6  3WWY-YOO
• 7-2-27  1Y-Y  (Magic Lantern x Banker)

Historic Daffodil Collection – Kirby Fong

• ‘Southern Queen’  2W-Y  1927
• ‘Sir Watkin’  2Y-Y  1868
• ‘Mount Hood’  1W-W  1938
• ‘White Lady’  3W-Y  1897
• ‘Moina’  3W-WWO  1938

BOZIEVICH  RIBBON -12 Standard Daffodils (4 Divisions) – Richard Hunt (repeat)

• ‘Gold Ingot’  2Y-Y
• ‘Crackington’ 4Y-O
• ‘Sandymount’  2Y-O
• ‘Sportsman’  2Y-R
• ‘Asteroid’  2Y-Y
• ‘Geometrics’  2W-Y

• ‘Who’s Who’  1W-W
• ‘Pacific Rim’  2Y-YYR
• ‘Muster’ 4W-O
• ‘Feock’  3Y-YYR
• ‘POPS Legacy’  1W-Y
• ‘Nob Hill’  2YYW-Y

AQUA RIBBON  Collection of 9 Miniature Daffodils from 3 or more Divisions – Bob Spotts

• ‘Moncorvo’  7Y-Y
• ‘Cacuco’  8W-Y
• ‘Xit’  3W-W
• ‘Sabrosa’  7Y-Y
• ‘Little Rusky’  7Y-GYO

• ‘Angels Whisper’  5Y-Y
• ‘Chit Chat’  7Y-Y
• m7-2-71  7Y-O
• m7-2-67  7Y-Y

Elise Havens Award – Collection of 12 standard daffodils from at least 3 divisions in Divisions 5 through 10 – Bob Spotts

• 7-2-48  6Y-YOO
• 7-2-58  7Y-YYO
• Northern Skies  6W-P
• 7-2-8  7W-P  {(Dewy Rose x China Lake) x N. fernandesii}
• ‘Beryl’  6W-GYO
• ‘Storyteller’  8Y-O

• ‘Jonquillawn’  7YYW-W
• 7-1-43  8W-Y  (Matador x Festivity)
• ‘Kokopelli’  7Y-Y
• 7-2-77  8Y-O  [Matador x (Soleil d’Or O.P.)]
• 7-2-22  7Y-GYY
• 7-2-52  8Y-O  (Matador x N. scaberulus)

THROCKMORTON AWARD WINNER – Collection of 15 standard daffodils and/or species from 15 different RHS classifications – Melissa Reading

• ‘Lynx’  3W-YYR
• ‘Banker’  2Y-O
• ‘Red Lips’  2Y-YYR
• ‘Bravoure’  1W-Y
• ‘Coral Light’  2W-GWP
• ‘Spanish Fiesta’  11aY-R
• ‘Limbo’  2O-R
• ‘Golden Aura’  2Y-Y

• ‘Hungarian Rhapsody’  11aW-P
• ‘Sea Legend’  2W-W
• ‘Achduart’  3Y-O
• DuBose DHA67-1  2W-YPP
• ‘Arctic Gold’  1Y-Y
• ‘Geometrics’  2W-Y
• ‘Crackington’  4Y-O

Quinn Award – Collection of 24 standard daffodils and/or species from at least five divisions – Kirby Fong

• ‘Bugle Major’  2Y-Y
• ‘Firebubbles’  2Y-O
• ‘Broomhill’  2W-W
• ‘Cosmic Glow’  2W-P
• ‘Big Mo’  1Y-Y
• ‘Zimplats’  3Y-O
• ‘Sea Legend’  2W-W
• ‘Dear Love’  11aW-YPP
• ‘Bonnie’s Jewel’  2Y-YOO
• ‘Apricot Blush’  2O-O
• ‘Right-on’  2W-W
• Hunter JAH 8/71A 2W-ORR

• ‘Polar Glow’  2W-PPW
• ‘Aintree’  3W-O
• ‘Highpoint’  2Y-R
• Adams 92/119F  2Y-R
• ‘Silver Monarch’  2W-W
• ‘Lakeland Fair’  2W-GPP
• ‘Abstruse’  3W-R
• ‘Arrowhead’  6Y-R
• ‘Limbo’  2O-R
• ‘Censor’  2W-P
• ‘Uncle Duncan’  1Y-O
• ‘Step Child’  6YYW-GPP

Tuggle Award, Regional Show Award – Collection of three stems each of twelve different standard daffodils  or species from at least three divisions – Bob Spotts

• ‘Bob Spotts’  2W-W
• ‘Golden Dawn’  8Y-O
• ‘Lissome’  2W-W
• 7-2-1  12WWG-GWW  [‘Lollipop’ x (‘Dallas’ x viridiflorus)]
• ‘Katrina Rea’  6W-WOO
• 7-2-66  8Y-Y  (‘Matador’ x N. scaberulus)

• 7-2-18  2Y-O
• ‘Quail’  7Y-Y
• ‘Mesa Verde’  12G-GGY
• ‘Anvil Chorus’  2W-O
• ‘Geometrics’  2W-Y
• ‘Storyteller’  8Y-O

Photos by Kirby Fong and Nancy Tackett

Comments about 2007 Livermore Show from Robert Darling

     We had the great pleasure of Robert Darling from Washington D.C. attending this show.  Robert is an ADS accredited judge and a notable photographer.  He is also a very welcome guest to our NCDS spring and fall daffodil events!  At this show, Robert was a member of both the photography and the miniature daffodil judging teams.  Yes, we kept Robert busy!  Below is Robert’s write-up about this show, specifically his observations about Marilynn Howe and Harold Koopowitz’s miniature daffodil breeding program. Enjoy!

     One knows to expect the unusual from the Northern California Livermore Show.   This year exceeded expectations with a large display, astounding in unexpected variety, and covering ALL divisions.  I’ve never attended a show that accomplished this feat including two Division 9’s, (Weston 12 & Wilson Sdl.) and four or five Division 11a, plus a number of Division 2s, Division 8s and more.  In addition to the four large growers there were a satisfying number of small growers represented on the miniature bench.  The achievements of Harold Koopowitz and Marilyn Howe drive expectations along with the brave experiments of Bob Spotts and make one long to see their flowers grown more widely.

This Div 2 W-WPP 03-022 Pink China x Sprite wants to be a pink trumpet, but makes for a lovely pink division 2.  Also in the pinks were a number of Pink China x N. dubius crosses, a few seen before, that seem to only get better over time.

This cross, uses one of those flowers used by Roberta Watrous, Little Ruby x N. dubius to achieve a light pink tazetta.  This one featuring a beautiful rose pink showing little peach. Other tazettas of special note included several paperwhite x N dubius and a (Paperwhite x pachybolbos) x o.p. shown here:  The numerous individual florets are 1/2″ or less and well spaced.  I trust that Kirby or Harold will post some of these and other excellent small tazettas that greatly expand the choices available to the miniature exhibitor and gardener.  Harold included 5 different tazetta crosses in the show, 8 W-P, 8 W-W, all valuable additions to the miniature class.      There’s many more to show   For this post we’ll leave with Harold Koopowitz, urged on by Nancy Tackett w/ judging ballot, photographing a few of the 12+ candidates for the miniature Rose Ribbon!  What an event, a miniature tomorrow spread out before us to wonder upon.  In the center note a m11a y-y and the small white a repeat of Grey’s Raindrop/Icicle crosses: N. triandrus x N. dubius and N. dubius x N. triandrus.  But we’ll save those for another post.

Robert’s second posting:

     Ron Scamp and Elise Havens, with their wonderful new splits provide excellent examplars of a what a beautiful division 11 daffodil might look like.  Harold Koopowitrz, downsizing splits to the proportions of a miniature daffodil, achieves interesting results using N. henrequisii, N. willcommenii and others and hints at a beautiful division 11 miniature.  The flowers in his crosses coming 1 – 2 or perhaps more to a stem vary in their beauty, if not in interest.  All present a definite miniature flower, about the size of Segovia on a good day.  Single flowers look in balance in a collection.

     Those with more florets might overpower a small miniature collection of 5, 9 or 12 stems and wants careful use.  But, all show great charm and promise in a miniature division that for years had no splits at all.  Bracketing this collection the first, despite the pose, alas that changed overnight, is Koopowitz 99-103 Rossanor Gold x N. fernandesii, with its head in the air and 99-54/1 Equation x N. fernandesii.  There were others to admire as well.

     An example of the Equation x N. Fernandesii cross with two florets.   There were many blooms from this cross including a lovely vase of three.
In this example again from the Watrous collection an example of a cross of Bosbigal x N. wellkomenii with wonderful color (despite the photo)

     I’ll admit to several attempts at a split that we hope germinates now.  I suspect that there are others in the pipline and look forward to seeing them in the very near future when Division 11 will be well represented in the miniature class.

Robert’s last posting:

     A direction noted for some years, to downsize miniatures to ever smaller flowers, now bears results.

     This collection, exhibited by Marilynn Howe at the Livermore NCDS show, presents a wonderful example of  very small flowers.  Contrast them with the typical boxwood wedging material.All of these flowers are in scale, even if the staging blocks are designed for regular sized miniatures and in this collection appear too far apart.  Mini miniatures  would look better a bit closer together.

     The blooms are less than 1/4″ and very, very ice white.  (the photo makes the corona seem cream – it is not)  These are a first year bloom.  One can hope it will evolve as a strong plant with more than one floret.

The center bloom in the above collection, N. assoanus x N. cacicola 02-071 while labeled a 7 y-y might equally be considered a division 2 if it continues to bloom with only one floret.  The very tiny bloom looks like a small 2, or perhaps a 3, although the very small cup probably measures as a division 2.  The cup as shown does look gold or orange.

The other flowers all balance in size and are all at or under 1/2″ in diameter.  I would not like to try to balance them against some of the other basic miniatures.  Segovia and Xit, let alone Little Rusky, would all overwhelm these tiny flowers in a balanced collection.

     Also shown in Livermore were other micro blooms.  The Little Gem o.p. 02-x541 Koopowitz example shows a wonderful balanced extremely small trumpet.  In size, think of something between a bit larger than a dime, (note the boxwood foliage) much smaller than Little Gem!  The hooded perianth, while typical, responds to grooming.  The fine serration looks well on the small trumpet and the perianth segments, while not the widest are in balance with the trumpet.  If it keeps this size, to my eye it is the smallest trumpet I’ve seen.

     Also readily seen on many show tables are very tiny division 6 flowers, Cupid and Heidi come to mind.  Ferdie as shown in Livermore also presented an extremely small flower.  We can think of several others the Tasmanian Little Becky’s & Emma for example.  We’ve also seen many species and hybrid bulbocodium and several hybrids that also fit this smallest of the small category.  Two divisions 10s are in the above collection.

     Even some of the Division 8s with small florets might fit such a display.  This cross, N. cupularis o.p.x Koopowitz 02-x49 with its prominent mucro points, from Harold’s winning Watrous collection, has florets of 20 cm or less and gives a very dainty appearance.  The many florets of a N. willcommenii would also be in scale in such a collection.

So, just as the ADS agonized about creating a category for Intermediates, we now might start to conceive of dividing the miniature class, admitting another range of ever smaller flowers to draw the proverbial ohhs and ahs from the public and ourselves.  We may not have hands small enough to stage them well, and our properties chairpersons may despair of making blocks to show them to advantage, but, as the NCDS show confirmed, we’re ever on the way toward really downsizing the daffodil into a diminutive delight.

Do we want such a class?

Best,

Robert Darling

Photos by Robert Darling

39th Annual Spring Daffodil Show in the Bay Area at Livermore

2007 Livermore Show GOLD RIBBON –Pink China, 2 W-P
exhibited by Steve Hampson

The beautiful banner at Alden Lane announcing our show!

Show results information are presented in the following format: the identification of the award; the name of the cultivar(s) and possibly the division (a number from 1 thru 13) followed by the color of the petals, a dash, and the color of the cup;and the name of the exhibitor.

Some of the daffodils have multiple colored petals and cups, so you will see more than one color identified between the dashes. For more information about the classification of daffodils see Classification Definitions.

Show Statistics:

Horticulture: Number of Exhibits: 457
Number of Exhibitors: 19
Number of Blooms: 879

Photography:  Number of Exhibits: 11
Number of Exhibitors: 5
Best in Show Exhibitor:  Kirby Fong
Title:  ‘American Dream’ portrait

At the bottom of this report are comments from Kirby Fong, Show Chairman and for more fun read this page for comments from our always welcome guest, Robert Darling, of Washington DC.

GOLD RIBBON –Pink China, 2 W-P
exhibited by Steve Hampson

WHITE RIBBON – Lackawanna, 2Y-Y, Bob Spotts

MINI GOLD RIBBON- Wilson seedling 6525-98-2, 9W-GYR, Jon Kawaguchi

MINI WHITE RIBBON – Sassy, 12Y-Y,  Kirby Fong

ROSE RIBBON: Seedling 7-1-51 12Y-O , Bob Spotts

MINI ROSE RIBBON: 96-03 8W-W (Paperwhite x N. pachybolbus) Open Pollinated, Marilynn Howe and Harold Koopowitz

Intermediate Award –  Pink China, 2 W-P, Steve Hampson

Historic Daffodil Award – Beryl 6W-YYO 1907,  Bob Spotts

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Historic Vase of 3 – Beryl, 6W-YYO 1907, Steve Hampson

Youth Best Bloom – Erlicheer, 4 W-Y, Amanda Steer

SMALL GROWER AWARD – Akala, 1 Y-Y, Anna Fine

Standard Container Grown Award – Tropical Sunset , 2W-Y, Bob Spotts

Miniature Container Grown Award –  M7-1-1, 7Y-Y, Bob Spotts

SILVER RIBBON (for most blue ribbons) – Kirby Fong with 31 blue ribbons

Collections

PURPLE RIBBON – Steve Hampson

• Koopowitz & Howe 99-140 4W-Y
• Radjel 4Y-R
• Biralee 4W-O
• Poppy’s Choice, 4 Y-R
• Erlicheer 4W-Y

LAVENDER RIBBON – Marilynn Howe and Harold Koopowitz

• N. b. obesus 13Y-Y
• 02-X17 12W-Y Beryl x N. dubius
• N. jonquilla minor 13Y-Y
• 01-069-5 5W-W (N. triandrus x N. dubius)
• N. bulbocodium (6n) 13Y-Y

RED-WHITE-BLUE Ribbon – Bob Spotts

• 7-1-39, 3YYG-GYO, Triple Crown x (Actaea x N. viridiflorus)
• 7-1-32, 3YYG-GGY, Magic moment x (Actaea x N. viridiflorus)
• 7-1-81, 12YYG-GGO, Avona x (Actaea x N. viridiflorus)
• 7-1-6, 12YYG-GYO, Cowboy x (El Camino x N. viridiflorus)
• 7-1-35, 12YYG-YOO, Cowboy x (El Camino x N. viridiflorus)

MINI RED-WHITE-BLUE Ribbon -Marilynn Howe and Harold Koopowitz

• 01-069-1 5W-W, N. triandrus x N. dubius
• Squeaky Group 10Y-Y
• 02-091 7Y-Y, N. assoanus x N. calcicola
• 03-X67 10Y-Y, N. bulbocodium open pollinated
• 01-069-2 5W-W, N. triandrus x N. dubius

BOZIEVICH – Richard Hunt (Collection of 12 Standards and/or Species from at least four divisions)

• Fly Half, 2Y-R
• Excitement, 3W-YYO
• Hot Gossip, 2Y-O
• Asteroid, 2Y-Y
• Pink Silk, 1W-P
• Pops Legacy, 1W-Y
• Scarlet Tanager, 2Y-R
• Oops, 2W-Y
• Gold Velvet, 1Y-Y
• Avalanche, 8W-Y
• Erlicheer, 4W-Y
• Intrigue, 7Y-W

ROBERTA C. WATROUS AWARD WINNER (Collection of 12 Miniatures from at least three divisions):   Harold Koopowitz and Marilyn Howe (repeat)

•  99-84/1 11aY-O Equation x N. fernandesii
• 98-056/1 8W-P Rimsky x N. dubius
• 02-X49 8W-Y N. cupularis open pollinated
• 03-005/3 8W-W Sentinel x N. dubius
• 99-127/1 11aY-Y Bosbigal x N. willkommii
• 03-066 8W-P Little Ruby x N. dubius
• 03-005-2 2W-W Sentinel x N. dubius
• 98-71 2Y-O Biometrics x Candlepower
• 03-019-1 12W-W Viennese Waltz x N. dubius
• 03-022 2W-WPP Pink China x Sprite
• 98-056/3 8W-W Rimsky x N. dubius
• 96-03 8W-W (Paperwhite x N. pachybolbus) O.P. (mini rose ribbon winner)

Carey E. Quinn Award, Collection of 24 Standards and/or Species from at least five divisions
Kirby Fong (repeat)

• Bonnie’s Jewel 2Y-YOO
• Hollingdale 2W-O
• Monal 2Y-R
• Chromacolor 2W-P
• Saint Keverne 2Y-Y
• Colley Gate 3W-YOR
• Meshach 3W-YYR
• Indian Maid 7O-R
• Haoma 2W-W
• Navigator 2Y-R
• Lakeside Pearl 3W-YOO
• Cameo Lord 2Y-R

• Wharehine 2O-O
• Middlebury 1W-W
• Barra 1Y-Y
• Spring Lustre 3W-YYO
• Hot Gossip 2Y-O
• White Sapphire 2W-W
• Cool Evening 11aW-P
• Tuscarora 1Y-Y
• Hagrid 2W-Y
• Continental Divide 11aY-O
• Pink Illusion 2W-P
• Misquote 1Y-Y

HAVENS AWARD – Bob Spotts (Collection of 12 standard daffodils from at least three divisions from Divisions 5 through 10)

•  7-1-9 7WWY-GYO
• Bright Sequins 8Y-GYO
• 7-1-43 8W-Y
• 7-1-90 8Y-Y
• 7-1-50 6Y-YOO
• Storyteller 8Y-O
• Kokopelli 7Y-Y
• 7-1-16 6Y-Y
• 7-1-11 7Y-GYO
• Beryl 6W-YYO
• Fanray 8Y-Y
• Lemon Silk 6YYW-W

Notes from Show Chairman Kirby Fong

     It’s been a colder than normal winter in Livermore, California, and the season is about two weeks later than usual. Fortunately, many of the bulbs I refrigerated before planting last fall were happy enough to bloom in time for our show this past weekend.

      One of our long time members Sid DuBose passed away last year, thereby eliminating the source of all the flowers we used to provide for the artistic designers.  We decided to have a photo section this year in lieu of the artistic design section.  Sid also supplied the clippings from his redwood tree for us to use as wedging material.  Fortunately, Alden Lane Nursery where we hold our show said we could go out and clip the boxwood hedges in their parking lot.  How do you like that — a venue that comes complete with wedging material!

Photos by Kirby Fong