Day: April 29, 2010

How to Judge Collections

The ADS Handbook says if one bloom in a collection scores below 90 points, then the collection cannot receive a blue ribbon. That also means it can’t win the ADS award. After eliminating collections that have blooms below 90 points,…

Heartland, Greenwich Show

Hi Daffnetters Attached is a photo of Heartland 3 W-Y, exhibited by Susan Hut at the Greenwich Daffodil Show.  It is the three stem entry which Chriss was referring to earlier.  I will try to post more photos of the…

WDS Late Show canceled

After consulting with past exhibitors from far and wide, as chairman of the WDS Late Show, I have made the call to cancel the show.   I hope this will not disappoint anyone who had planned to come.  I apologize…

Last of the roses

Hello All,   Just as the last of the daffs appear in the Northern Hemisphere, down here we are seeing the last of the roses,  We managed to pick these last ones for a nice vase.  The observant amongst you…

Pink/Red/Orange again

While this has generated much interesting discussion only Lesley Ramsay actually addressed my point about how to color code these daffs. As she did not send her reply to all of daffnet I am copying it down below to solicit…

The Elusive W-R Trumpet

There were many private discussions amongst the hybridizers at the Murphys convention concerning 1W-R breeding and results. An observation from here is that there is some as yet undefined linkage between corona length and color expression. It seems to me…