Day: April 9, 2012

A surviving poet (semi surviving)

Kirby, I have some small stock of the late Dave Karnstedt’s very beautiful 9W-R, ‘On Stage’. I would absolutely LOVE to get it into commerce and make it available. It seems to resent being moved or lifted. I have fewer…

A surviving poet

In 2004 Dave Karnstedt sent me his seedling K82-66-1 9W-R which he indicated was a borderline poet. After seven and a half years, it has not really increased but apparently has an offset big enough to flower. Attached are photos…

Miniature 6W-P

This is V04-9-32. It is a Miniature 6W-P. To me, this does not have the “grace” that seems so necessary in Div. 6. It is a good pink color with reasonable show form.  Steve http://www.cherrycreekdaffodils.com

Miniature 2Y-O

This is V05-10-16 = Cayenne x N. calcicola. It is 39 mm (1.53″) in diameter. Bloom height is about 6″. A sibling to previous Miniature Post (2Y-Y). Harold Koopowitz got a close look at the sibling this past weekend. http://www.cherrycreekdaffodils.com

Test of daffodils at different localities

  The first picture shows Symptom at January 13. We had very high temperatures in winter during December and January in Essen (Germany). The leafs of many daffodils were already very long when a period of two weeks of hard frost…