Information from and about hybridizers around the world.
A new daffodil entering the trade is being baptized by pastor Paul Vlaar at a ceremony at Keukenhof. Carlos van der Veek is the hybridizer. The new daffodil is named Sint Victor. Sint is Dutch for Saint. Sint Victor is…
On the third day we visited two daffodil growers. One was Jaap Leenen. Here he is showing visitors some of his daffodil seedlings. He is interesed, among other things, in large doubles with strong stems, a number of which were…
The Royal General Bulbgrowers Association of the Netherlands awards its Dix medal to people who have hybridized many bulbs useful to the bulb industry. Brian Duncan is this year’s recipient and is only the third daffodil hybridizer to receive the…
Here is a field of Chromacolor at Jan Pennings’ place. The man glorying in the field is its hybridizer Bill Pannill. Kirby Fong
Theo Sanders from Germany came to visit while we were at Carlos van der Veek’s. He brought some of his seedlings to show us. Kirby Fong
This is Carlos with his son and wife. Their house is adjacent to the fields. Carlos’ brothers are also involved in the business. Carlos has also been involved in hybridizing daffodils and has some seedlings in the field shown in…