This is the third of three posts covering the ADS awards at the Livermore show. The previous posts covered all the awards for standard daffodils. This one will cover the awards for miniature daffodils
We start with the winner of the Miniature Gold Ribbon for the best miniature in the show excluding the historic and container sections. It also happened to be a seedling exhibited by its originators, so it also won the Miniature Rose Ribbon. It is seedling 08-047-1 2Y-O exhibited by Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe. For those of you not familiar with miniatures, the bulk of the cultivars are yellow or white. Harold and Marilynn have been working hard to breed color into miniatures.
The Miniature White Ribbon is for the best set of 3 miniatures. The winning set were Narcissus triandrus concolor13Y-Y exhibited by Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe.
The Lavender Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 miniatures excluding the American-bred collection. The winning exhibitor was yours truly. The flowers are – ‘Daffy Duck’ 12Y-Y, ‘Little Sheba’ 6Y-Y, ‘Frontier Fairy’ 6Y-Y, ‘Little Cuda’ 6Y-Y, ‘Spider’ 6Y-Y.
The Miniature Red-White-Blue Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 American-bred miniatures. The winning exhibitors were Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe. The flowers are – 06-033 1Y-Y, 01-014-6 2W-P, X-013-2 2Y-Y, 08-001-1 7W-P, 01-009-1 1Y-Y.
The Bankhead Ribbon is for the best collection of 9 miniature daffodils from at least 3 different RHS divisions. Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe exhibited the winning entry. The flowers are – Back: X-013-2 2Y-Y, 08-049-13 8W-W, 08-049-15 7Y-Y; Middle: 09-065-1 7W-P, 08-045-20 5Y-Y, 09-066-1 11aW-Y; Front: 08-064-3 10Y-Y, 02-114-6 10W-W, 04-053-1 10Y-Y.
The Watrous Award is for the best collection of 12 miniatures daffodils from at least 4 RHS divisions. Jon Kawaguchi exhibited the winning entry. The flowers are – Back: ‘Twinkle Boy’ 12Y-Y, Koopowitz 97-51-4 8W-OPP, 06-35-01 7Y-Y (N. jonquilla x N. jonquilla henriquesii), ‘Sweet Angel’ 10W-W, ‘Little Missus’ 7Y-Y; Middle: ‘Mickey’ 6Y-Y, ‘Roveroi’ 1Y-Y, ‘Ta-Julia’ Grpup 4/92 10W-W, N. bulbocodium var. citrinus13Y-Y; Front: ‘Clinton-Tinnan Road’ Group 10Y-GYY, ‘Bow Bells’ 5Y-Y, ‘Snipe’ 6W-W.
The Premier Miniature Collection calls for 24 different miniature daffodils from at least 5 RHS divisions. The award winning collection was exhibited by Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe. The flowers are – Top Row: 08-047-1 11aW-Y, 03-036-7 8W-P, 08-050-2 5Y-Y, 08-005-1 4W-W, 03-016-1 8Y-O, 07-024-2 7P-P; Third Row: 03-022-2 8W-P, X-013-2 2Y-Y, 07-024-1 2P-R, 06-055-5 7G-G, 08-021-1 2W-YYP, 08-047-1 2Y-O; Second Row: 99-114-13 11aW-P, 01-014-1 4W-W, 99-81-1 2Y-YR, 07-05-1 11aY-Y, 08-003-1 2O-R, 02-159-X 3W-G; Front Row: 09-008-1 5W-Y, 99-84-3 2Y-R, 04-14-3 12Y-Y, 97-204X 3Y-R, 09-103-1 8W-P, 02-129-1 8Y-W.
The award for 3 Miniatures by the Hybridizer went to the following exhibit. The exhibitors were Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe. The flowers are – 02-129-3 8Y-W, 03-022-11 8W-W, 08-056-12 10Y-Y. The specific requirement for this and the next two awards are that the miniature must be both bred and originated by the exhibitor. The hybridizer does the cross, and the originator is the first to flower the new cultivar. The intent of the awards is that it should be the same person for the entire process.
Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe also had the winning entry for 6 miniatures hybridized and originated by the exhibitor. The flowers are – Back: 09-105-1 8W-Y, 08-045-4 5Y-Y, X-034-4 8W-Y; Front: 08-023-5 11aW-Y, 99-014-13 11aW-P, 08-025-1 11aW-YYO.
The award for 12 Miniature by Hybridizer was also won by an entry from Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe. The flowers are – Back: 03-022-2 8W-P, 03-065-1 2Y-Y, 02-029-1 8W-W, 08-77-1 8Y-Y; Middle: 99-084-3 2Y-R, 03-022-3 8W-W, X-013-2 2Y-Y, 02-178-X 7W-G; Front: 02-146-1 8W-WWP, 08-056-1 10Y-Y, 02-114-1 10W-W, 03-016-2 8Y-O.
Last we have the award for the best miniatures grown and shown in a container. The exhibitor was your truly, and the cultivar is the very frequently seen Tete-a-Tete 12Y-Y.
And this concludes the Livermore show posts of the ADS award winners. There were no entries for the historic collection, the reverse bicolor collection, or the Havens collection.
Just Wow! What an effort to stage such exhibits – never mind all the hybridising and selection work that went before! Congrats. again Harold and Marilyn. I’m so impressed – and envious of your climate.
brian
Harold and Marilyn-what an amazing display of the future of miniatures. Such amazing colors and forms which were only dreams -how far you have progressed this small miniature world. Thank you also to the photographers so that we can see this miracle both in the group shot (Kirby) and individually (Ben). The bi-color took our breath away-WOW!!! We are in total awe! And if not for this forum the world would be closed off too-so thanks Ben and Nancy for making this all possible. This is the best EVER!! Kate