As in the post on the standard awards, we’ll go through the miniature awards in the order in which they appear in the official show report. If an award is not mentioned, it means there were no entries, the award was not given, or the award was not offered.
Miniature Gold Ribbon and Miniature Rose Ribbon Winner
The Miniature Gold Ribbon is for the best miniature daffodil in the show excluding the container-grown entries. The Miniature Rose Ribbon is for the best miniature seedling in the show, also excluding the container-grown entries. The winner was seedling 11-041-1 4W-O bred and exhibited by Harold Koopowitz.
Miniature White Ribbon Winner
The Miniature White Ribbon is for the best set of three miniatures in the show. The winner was seedling 06-036-3 5Y-W bred and exhibited by Harold Koopowitz.
Small Growers Ribbon Winner
I mistakenly included this in my post of the standard award winners. This was the best bloom in the Small Growers Section, a section usually dominated by standard daffodils. This section is for exhibitors who grow fifty or fewer different daffodils. The winner was Narcissus bulbocodium subspecies bulbocodium variety conspicuus 13Y-Y exhibited by Don Herzog. It won because the cup is perfectly round, and the perianth segments are sticking straight out in a symmetrical pattern.
Miniature Red-White-Blue Ribbon Winner
The Miniature Red-White-Blue Ribbon is for the best collection of five different miniatures of American breeding. Flowers in the winning collection are:
Sdlg. #74 3W-GGY, Sdlg. #75 7Y-Y, Sdlg. #76 7Y-Y, Sdlg. #77 7Y-Y, Sdlg. #78 7Y-Y.
The exhibitor was Bob Spotts.
Lavender Ribbon Winner
The Lavender ribbon is for the best collection of five different miniatures in the show. Flowers in the winning exhibit are:
11-043-1 7Y-Y, 03-029-1 4Y-Y, ‘Little Karen’ 8W-P 12-104-2 11aW-Y, 14-031-1 5Y-Y.
The exhibitor was Harold Koopowitz.
Roberta C. Watrous Award Winner
The Watrous class calls for twelve different miniature daffodils from at least three RHS divisions. The flowers in the winning exhibit are:
Back row: Sdlg. #71 7Y-Y, Sdlg. #72 7Y-Y, Sdlg. #73 7Y-Y;
3rd row: Sdlg. #70 5YYW-W, Sdlg. #69 7G/W-W, Sdlg. #68 7Y-Y;
2nd row: Sdlg. #66 7Y-Y, Sdlg. #65 9W-O, Sdlg. #64 7Y-Y;
Front row: Sdlg. #63 3W-O, Sdlg. #62 7Y-Y, Sdlg. #61 11aY-Y.
The exhibitor was Bob Spotts.
Harold Koopowitz Miniature Collection Ribbon Winner
The Koopowitz miniature collection class calls for 24 different miniature daffodils from at least 5 RHS divisions. The award is named after Harold Koopowitz, a former president of the ADS and a premier hybridizer of miniature daffodils. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Back row: 12-061-1 4W-W, 12-104-1 11aY-Y, 12-014-1 2P-YPP, 12-065-1 8Y-W,
X-06-6 8W-P, 11-041-1 4W-O;
3rd row: 18-002-1 11aW-Y, 19-090-1 2W-YPP, 14-041-1 11aY-Y, X-22-1 2W-WPP,
08-019-1 2Y-O, 12-011-2 8W-Y;
2nd row: 06-036-2 5W-W, 03-029-1 4Y-Y, ‘Polar Cub’ 2W-W, 06-040-6 2Y-R,
11-011-1 4Y-Y, ‘Nancy’s Fancy’ 8W-P;
Front row: 13-001-3 8W-YOO, ‘Itsy Bitsy Splitsy’ 11aY-O, 07-024-1 2P-P,
19-117-1 4Y-O, 06-036-3 5Y-W, 13-041-1 8W-WWP.
Fittingly, the exhibitor was Harold Koopowitz himself.
Three Miniatures by Hybridizer Ribbon Winner
The Three Miniatures by Hybridizer class calls for 3 miniatures hybridized and originated by the exhibitor. The flowers in the winning exhibit are 12-085-3 8Y-W, 8-008-1 8W-Y, and 13-001-1 2W-Y. The exhibitor was Harold Koopowitz.
Six Miniatures by Hybridizer Ribbon Winner
The Six Miniatures by Hybridizer class calls for 6 miniatures hybridized and originated by the exhibitor. The flowers in the winning exhibit are:
Back: ‘Little Mary Lou’ 8W-P, 12-05-1 8Y-W, 12-063-3 8W-W;
Front: X-29-Y 12Y-O, 06-036-9 5W-W, 19-103-1 5Y-Y.
The exhibitor was Harold Koopowitz.
Twelve Miniatures by Hybridizer Ribbon Winner
The Twelve Miniatures by Hybridizer class calls for 12 miniatures hybridized and originated by the exhibitor. The flowers in the winning exhibit are:
Back row: 12-061-2 4W-W, ‘Itsy Bitsy Splitsy’ 11aY-O, 06-036-1 5W-W,
‘Nancy’s Fancy’ 8W-P;
Middle row: 06-036-4 5Y-Y, 12-063-5 8W-W, 17-048-1 5Y-WPP, 06-040-6 2Y-R;
Front row: 99-114-6 11aW-W, 19-047-1 2W-Y, 19-103-1 5Y-Y, 19-080-1 2W-YPP.
The exhibitor was Harold Koopowitz.
That concludes the ADS award winners. However, Harold had a lot more miniatures and wanted to assemble them into the following exhibit.
“Miniature Tuggle” Collection
We put parentheses around the name since this is not an ADS award. The Tuggle collection class is offered at regional and national daffodil shows and calls for 3 stems each of 12 different standard daffodils from at least 3 RHS divisions. What you see here is what would be a Tuggle collection except all the daffodils are miniatures rather than standards! The flowers in the collection are:
Back row: ‘Little Mary Lou’ 8W-P, 06-036-2 8Y-Y, 12-098-1 8W-W,
3rd row: 06-036-4 5Y-Y, 12-085-2 8W-W, 12-085-3 8Y-W;
2nd row: 08-014-1 5Y-Y, 08-047-1 2Y-R, 06-036-3 5Y-W;
Front row: 08-054-1 10Y-Y, Narcissus assoanus subspecies assoanus 13Y-Y, 19-071-1 10W-Y.
Well done, Harold!
And this concludes the ADS award winners from the 2022 Livermore show.