Day: May 6, 2009

Breeding new CV’s

Dear All, I’m new to “daffnet” and would like an answer / observations….. Alec Gray wrote that “the male pollen parent has more influence in colour than the seed parent, while the seed parent has more influence on the form…

The Book of the Daffodil

Internet Archive: Free Download: The book of the daffodil Thought this may interest some of you.  This 1903 book is available for viewing online or download in several formats, including a “flip book” where one can just page through it. …

Minnie Hume?

 Drew, Joe and others interested, Regarding your enquiry on the daffodil Minnie Hume, Backhouse, 1884. FCC  April 8, 1884.  There is some confusion existing on this cultivar as the Classified Lists from at least 1969 onwards list this as a division three flower.  I would suggest Minnie…