This is the family of Kapiti Kauri.
Left – Mum — Toorak Gold
Right – Dad – O P Sol D, Or sdlg.
Top the kid Kapiti Kauri.
Do you have room in your show schedule for a single vase class of mum , dad , and a sibling.
Would create a lot of public interest, particularly with doubles , split coronas , miniatures and multi heads.
All efforts to encourage and stimulate public interest are worth a try .
John
Clay Higgins
Here in Minnesota, our own Michael Berrigan did that type of exhibit at our show last May—with his own seedling! He had both “mom” and “dad” with the seedling between them. It was a great educational exhibit! I think we should think up some type of ADS award to regularly promote this type of “family” exhibit—on a scale that even local shows are likely to be able to offer.
Edie Godfrey
And the parent-child class (wasn’t this an extra in a recent convention)
would also be interesting.
We could class all of this EDUCATIONAL!
Loyce
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After reading Edie’s email, Ben and I emptied a pot of coffee discussing the possibilities for ADS ‘generations’ classes. For some growers that have the depth of flowers, entries could include ‘families’ consisting of daffodils with three or four generations or as far back as possible.
A three-bloom class, with a new seedling under number, could encourage new hybridizers to show what they are growing and give a hint of their hybridizing goals. It would give others a chance to see these seedlings too. Another three-bloom class with all named blooms could help people to start thinking about taking that hybridizing step.
The corresponding hybridizer and non-hybridizer classes with grandparents or earlier would be very fascinating. These would be seven-blooms usually, but could have species parents or sports that could result in five or six blooms for a grandparents class.
These classes would have educational and historical value as Loyce stated and might also serve as motivation for people to begin hybridizing. We agree with Edie, that this would be wonderful to include these classes in all levels of ADS shows, from the local to the National.
Ben and Nancy
Martinez, Calif