2018 Fortuna Show – Miniature Daffodil Awards

We continue with the results of the 2018 Fortuna, California show with the ADS awards for miniature daffodils. These are in show report order, omitting awards for which there was no winning exhibit.

Miniature Gold Ribbon winner

Miniature Gold Ribbon winner

The Miniature Gold Ribbon is for the best miniature in the show excluding the Container-Grown Section. The winner was ‘Megalon’ 10Y-Y exhibited by Jon Kawaguchi. ‘Megalon’ is an unregistered cultivar bred by Jon. The daffodil’s seedling number is JBK 05-22-01, and it’s parentage is Zinkowski 93-30 x N. bulb. var. conspicuus.

Miniature Rose Ribbon winner

Miniature Rose Ribbon winner

The Miniature Rose Ribbon is for the best miniature seedling (excluding the Container-Grown Section) exhibited by its originator. The winner is JBK 06-24-01 (N. bulb. var. tenuifolius x N. bulb. var. nivalis) exhibited by Jon Kawaguchi.

Miniature White Ribbon winner

Miniature White Ribbon winner

The Miniature White Ribbon is for the best set of 3 miniatures in the show. The winner was ‘Crevette’ 8W-O exhibited by Bob Spotts.

Miniature Red-White-Blue Ribbon winner

Miniature Red-White-Blue Ribbon winner

The Miniature Red-White-Blue Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 American-bred miniatures. The winning flowers are:
‘Clay’s Gold’ 10Y-Y (Higgins), ‘Tiny Bubbles’ 12Y-Y (Heath),
‘Hupa’ 9W-GYR (Wilson), ‘Oxford Gold’ 10Y-Y (Blom), JBK 06-24-01 10Y-Y
(N. bulb. var. tenuifolius x N. bulb. var. serotinus).
The exhibitor was Jon Kawaguchi.

Lavender Ribbon winner

Lavender Ribbon winner

The Lavender Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 miniatures in the show. Winning flowers are:
‘Megalon’ 10Y-Y, JBK 11-18-0-2 10G-Y (N. bulbocodium x N. bulb. var. citrinus),
JBK 12-21-01 10G-Y (N. bulb. var. akersiana x N. bulb. var. akersiana),
JBK 12-14-02 10G-Y (N. bulbocodium x N. bulb. var. akersiana),
Lee Martine Short Fat 10Y-Y.
The exhibitor was Jon Kawaguchi.

Bankhead Ribbon winner

Bankhead Ribbon winner

The Bankhead Ribbon is for the best collection of 9 miniatures from at least 3 RHS divisions. Winning flowers are:
Back: ‘Flomay’ 7W-WWP, ‘Tete Boucle’ 4Y-Y, ‘Hupa’ 9W-GYR;
Middle: JBK 10-19-01 12Y/W-Y (N. triandrus x N. jonquilla),
‘Miss Klein’ 7Y-Y, JBK 02-15-02 10Y-Y
(N. bulb. var. tenuifolius x N. bulb. var. serotinus);
Front: ‘Connie’s Filifolius’ 10Y-Y, ‘Tiny Bubbles’ 12Y-Y, ‘Connie No. 1’ 10Y-Y.
The exhibitor was Jon Kawaguchi.

Watrous Award winner

Watrous Award winner

The Watrous Award is for the best collection of 12 miniatures from at least 3 RHS divisions. Winning flowers are:
Back: Keira KS-BH-283-03 10Y-Y, ‘Tete Boucle’ 4Y-Y, ‘Baby Boomer’ 7Y-Y,
‘Hupa’ 9W-GYR, ‘Oxford Gold’ 1-Y-Y;
Middle: ‘Tom Norman’ 10Y-Y, ‘Flomay’ 7W-WWP, ‘Crevette’ 8W-O,
JBK 10-19-01 12Y-Y (N. triandrus x N. jonquilla), ‘Scalloped Salmon’ 10Y-Y;
Front: ‘Medway Gold’ 7Y-y, ‘Fairy Chimes’ 5Y-Y.
The exhibitor was Jon Kawaguchi.

Koopowitz Collection Ribbon winner

Koopowitz Collection Ribbon winner

The Koopowitz Ribbon is for the best collection of 24 miniatures from at least 5 RHS divisions. Winning flowers are:
Back row: ‘Tiny Bubbles’ 12Y-Y, ‘Crevette’ 8W-O, ‘Tete Boucle’ 4Y-Y,
‘Leota Mill’ 2Y-YOO, ‘Shaw’s Legacy’ 9W-GYO, Koopowitz 03-36A 8W-PPO,
‘Fairy Chimes’ 5Y-Y;
3rd row: Keira KS-BH-283-03 10Y-Y, ‘Picoblanco’ 2W-W, ‘Tom Norman’ 10Y-Y
Wert W-8 9W-YYO, ‘Itsy Bitsy Splitsy’ 11aY-O, ‘Flomay 7W-WWP, Keira KS-BH-231-05 10Y-Y;
2nd row: N. bulb. var. tenuifolius 13Y-Y, ‘Angel o’Music’ 5Y-Y,
‘Connie Greenfield’ 10Y-Y, ‘Miss Klein’ 7Y-Y, ‘Pequenita’ 7Y-Y, ‘Fat Rascal’ 10Y-Y;
Front row: JBK 09-06-01 12Y-Y (N. bulbocodium x N. triandrus),
JBK 08-12-01 10Y-Y (N. bulb. var. tenuifolius x ‘Connie Greenfield Late Form’),
‘Englander’ 6Y-Y, JBK 10-11-01 10Y-Y
(N. bulb. var. tenuifolius Small Form x N. bulb. var. nivalis Small Form).
The exhibitor was Jon Kawaguchi.

3-Miniatures by Hybridizer Ribbon winner

3-Miniatures by Hybridizer Ribbon winner

The Three Miniatures by Hybridizer Ribbon is for the best set of three miniature cultivars hybridized and originated by the exhibitor. The winning flowers are:
Back: JBK 07-21-04 10G-Y (N. bulb. var. viriditubus MS142 x N. bulb. var. tenuifolius),
Front; JBK 06-24-01 10Y-Y (N. bulb. var. tenuifolius x N. bulb. var. nivalis),
JBK 08-12-03 10Y-Y (N. bulb. var. tenuifolius x ‘Connie Greenfield Late Form’).
The exhibitor was Jon Kawaguchi.

And this completes all the miniatures that won ADS awards (except for the Youth Best Bloom which happened to be the miniature ‘Hawera’) at the 2018 Fortuna daffodil show.