CODS CORNER Newsletter of The Central Ohio Daffodil Society

VOL XXII, No. 1 JANUARY 1992

Tag Bourne, Editor

Cindy Hyde, President

Dear Fellow CODS Members:

It's Here! 1992! Perhaps the largest chapter in CODS history will be written this year. Naomi and her committee have worked around the clock to create the structure for this year's National Convention to be held at the Hyatt on Capital Square. Those late night phone calls and relentless changes are now taking shape. I applaud their efforts!

Would you like to be part of this exciting event? Please come to our February 11 meeting at 7:30 p.m. at the Whetstone Park meeting room. You'll find out how your expertise can make a difference, and you'll enjoy Tag's slide program on Division 4 daffodils.

Another area we need to think about is the Whetstone Display Garden. Set time aside on your calendar now as your help will make a tremendous difference on the impression the garden will have on our visitors -- an impression of CODS pride in this project.

You may also want to think about sending in your Convention registration early. I believe this would help Tag's workload. Check Naomi's inticing article "Celebrate Columbus" on page 95 of December's Daffodil Journal. If you have an Ameriflora season pass you may deduct $15 from your registration fee (and be sure to note this on your form).

For those members unable to attend our November meeting -- Mary Lou gave a very interesting slide program on Divisions 5-8. Many thanks to Mary Lou for an enjoyable and informative program!

As I close my letter I wanted to mention that I really enjoyed my basket of 20 paperwhites which I set under our Christmas tree -- How were yours?

Until next time

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CODS CORNERNewsletter of The Central Ohio Daffodil Society

VOL XXII, No. I JANUARY 1992

--- Cfndy-E aA, President 'oE Bourner Editor

Dear Fellow CODS Members:

Itts Herel 1992! Perhaps the largest chapter irr CODS historywill be written this year. Naomi and her committee have workedaround the clock to create the structure for this yearrs NationalConvention to be held at the Hyatt on Capital Square. Those latenight phone ca11s and relentless changes are now taking shape. Iapplaud their efforts !

I^loul<l you like to be part r:f this exciting event? Please come

to our February 11 meeting, at 7:30 p.m. at the Whetstone Park meetingroom. Youtll find orrt how your expertise can rnake a difference, andyou'11 enjoy Tag's slide program on Division 4 daffodils.

Another area we need to think about is the l,Jhetstone DisplayGarden. Set time aside on your calendar now as your help will makea tremendorrs difference on the impression the garden will have onour visitors -- an impression of CODS pride in this project.

You may also want to think about sending in your Conventionregistration early. I believe this rvould help Tagrs rvorkload. CheckNaomirs inticing article "Celebr:ate Collrmbus" on page 95 of December'sDaffodil .Jodrnal" Tf yorr have an Ameriflora season pass you may deduct515-fr"- yrr, registration fee (and be srlre to note this on your form) '

Frcr those members rrnable to attend otrr November meeEing *- l'laryLou gave a very interestlng slide program on Divisions 5-8. Many Ehanksto I'{ary Lotr for an enjoyable and informative program!

As f close my letter I wanted Eo mention that 1 really enjoyed my

basket of 2O paperwhites r^rhich I set under orrr Christmas tree -- How

were yortrs?

Until next time --,.alCtuttc()4,rr

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Col.urnbus Zoon cfo StephenD.rive, Box 400, Powell,

Marilyn Hensley & Rohert

BeLcher, Horticulture Supervisor, 9990 RiversideoH 43065-0400

klick Eastern Rd., NW, Pickerington, OH

43147-9267 :

Carbobara, 6080

1992 AMERICAN DAFFODIL SOCIETY CONVENTION

The convention is less than four months away and most of the plans have been finalized. Dr. Peter Ramsay of New Zealand and Don Barnes of England will be the featured speakers. The National Show will start on Thursday and continue until after the Friday Banquet. Nancy Gill and Handy Hatfield, Show Chairmen, will need your help with all phases of the show, please contact one of them and volunteer your service.

Friday will be a tour to AmeriFlora '92 and anyone holding a season pass may deduct fifteen dollars from the convention registration fee. Since AmeriFlora '92 will have been opened for only four days at the time of the tour, everyone will want to attend this exciting event.

The registration table will be open for registrants on Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning and afternoon. Tag Bourne, Chairman, will need help with this demanding job. The ADS has a new policy on registration fees since our last convention. The price increases ten percent 45 days prior to the convention and twenty-five percent 21 days prior. If you are not a member of ADS and wish to attend the convention, contact me for a registration form.

Naomi Liggett, 1992 ADS Convention Chairman

HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP

When CODS holds our fabulous Convention next Spring we will hold a raffle - the proceeds of which go to CODS.

Cindy Hyde is going to most generously donate a quilted daffodil wall hanging, Dick Kolson is donating a painting of pink daffodils, and if you have taken a close look at the cover of your roster you know of his talent!! Naomi is donating a couple daffodil related items, one of which I hope will be a lovely item which she cross-stitched. Donna Dietsch has donated her daughters talents to paint daffodils on a skirt, sweatshirt, canvas tote etc. Margaret Vance has consented to purchase an item for her to paint. Handy Hatfield and myself will each donate a collection of bulbs. Handy's will be a collection of Australian and New Zealand bulbs, already acclimated!! Mine to be announced later. If anyone wants to donate another good collection we will be glad to accept.

I need a few other daffodil related items to be donated for this raffle. I also need someone to purchase another item or two for Donna's daughter to paint. Keep your eyes peeled and see what unusual item YOU can find that will help sell those raffle tickets!!

When you find it --- please call (or write) Phyllis Hess 614-882-5720 -- 3670 E Powell Rd -- Westerville OH 43081

WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF ALL CODS MEMBERS TO HELP MAKE THIS CONVENTION A HUGE SUCCESS. DON'T FORGET TO CONTACT NAOMI LIGGETT AND OFFER YOUR

SERVICES IN SOME CAPACITY.

1.992 AMERICAN DAFFODIL SOCIETY CONVENTION

The convention is less than four months away and most of the plans have beenfinalized. Dr. Peter Ramsay of New Zealand and Don Barnes of England willbe the featured speakers. The National Show will start on Thursday and continueuntil after the Friday Banquet. Nancy Gill and Handy Hatf,reld, Shbw Chairmen,will need your help with all phases of the show, please cont.act one of them andvolunteer your service.

lriluy will be a lour to AmeriFlora '92 and anyone holding a season pass maydeduct fifteen dollars from the convention registration fee. Since AmeriFlora

-'92

will have been opened for only four days at the time of the tour, everyone willwant to attend this exciting event.

The registration table will be open for registrants on Wednesday afternoon andThursday morning and afternoon. Tag Bourne, Chairman, will need help withthis demanding job. The ADS has a new policy on registration fees since our lastconvention. The price increases ten percent 45 days prior to the convention andtwenty-five percent 2l days prior. If you are not a member of ADS and wish toattend the convention, contact me for a registration form.

Naomi Liggett, 1992 ADS Convention Chairman

HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP

When CODS holds our fabulous Convent.ion next Spring lre wi1l hold araffle - the proceeds of which go to CODS

cindy Hyde_is going tg most generously donate a quilted daffodil wallhanging, Dick Kolson is donaiing a painting of pink daffodils,

"r,a fryou have taken a close look at the cover bf your roster you know ofhis talent!! Naourl- is donating a couple daffodil related items, orr"of which r hope will be a lovely ltem-which she cross-stitched. bonnaDietsch has donated her daugh{ers ta}ents to paint daffodils on askirt, sweatshirt, canvas toie etc. Margaret vance has consented topurchase an item for her to paint. nandy Hatfield and nyself willeach donate a collection of bulbs. Handy7s wil1 be a cot-lection ofAustralian and New Zealand bulbs, alrea-dy acclimated! ! Mine to beannounced later. ff anyone wants to donate another good collection rdewill be glad to accept.

I need a few other daffodil related items to be donated for thisraffle. I aLso need soneone to purchase another item or two forDonna'g daughter to paint. Keep your eyes peeled and see what unusualitem You can find that wilr heip-sell Lhose raffle ticketsl t

when you find it, --- please call (or write) phylris Hess6L4-882-572A -- 36?0 E powell Rd -- Westervtll; oH 43081"

WE NEED THE SUPPORt oF ALL CODS MEMBERS To HELP ITIAKE THIS CONVENTIoNA HUGE SUCCESS. DON'T F'ORGET TO CONTACT NAOII{I LTGGETT AND OFFER YOUR

SERVICES IN SOUE CAPACTTY.

I am very sorry to report that Bob Somma was injured on December 14th when his pickup truck was struck by a car driven by a man fleeing from police officers. Bob has head, chest and abdominal injuries and is in Grant Medical Center.

I hope Bob is recovering well and I know he would appreciate your cards.

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MORE BEST IN THE GARDEN

For the sake of argument, or should we say "spirited discussion", I will add to the list of the best flowers in my garden last Spring. Coupled with Tag's list of her best ones, it should give our newer members a good-sized wish list for order-ing next year.

It was a wonderful year for many flowers and exceptional for trumpets for some unknown reason.

Trumpet Warrior 1 YW-WWY ... a new one from Mitsch, I went bananas over it at the 1990 convention when I saw it a bit tired from its travels. Easily the best reverse trumpet yet. It is silky smooth, reverses quickly and was the best trumpet in my garden. I recall Ruth Pardue saying it was the best flower in hers.

Bega 1 Y-Y ... from David Jackson, it has settled down quickly here and gave me large, smooth blooms of golden yellow. It appears to be increasing rapidly, as well.

River Queen ... Every year I seem to like this better. Here's something for argument ... I Ehink it is the best American bred daffodil. It is simply superb. It's from Bill Pannill.

Gull 2 W-GWW Mitsch. Gull is capable of giving you the most perfect blooms. So many times when it looks less than its best, it is because it is cut too soon. It has to grow on the plant for a few days.

Pink Division 2's were so great this year. The colors were intense and everyone had great substance. The best were:

Pink Ice, 2 W-P ... bred by Elise Havens, it has wide, very white petals and a pink cup which is strongly colored toward the rim. With Precedent as its mother, the cup spreads out as the bloom matures so I Val* it's prettier picked early.

China Doll, 2 W-WWP ... the first I've had from Clive Postles, the John Lea flowers in its background are pretty obvious. The petals are immense and recurve a little, showing off the cup with its ruffled baby pink edge. Large and magnificent.

Prism 2 Y-Y ... this is Mitsch/Havens. In its 2nd year in my garden it gave me five perfect blooms without a nick or a flaw. It's not expensive, either.

Lemon Cremes 2 YW-W Mitsch. Perfect name on this, it's petals are lemon/yellow and a white halo at their base makes the creamy buff cup show up nicely. New, but in-expensive.

Jetsetter 2 Y-R Brogden. I love Y-'R's, and one that is deeply colored and sunproof as well I like even more. Deep gold round petals set off a goblet-shaped, half length cup with a ruffled edge. The cup only started to fade when the petals died and was still red when the flower dried up.

1 am verY sorry to rePort that Bobpickup truck was struck by a car drivenhead, chest and abdominal injuries and

t hope Bob is recovering well and

MORE BEST IN THE GARDEN

For the sake of argunent, or shoui-d we say t'spirited discussionr, I will addto the list of the best flowers in my garden I-ast Spring' Coupled with Tagrs listof her best ones, it should give oot- r.r". members a good-sized wish list for order-ing next year.

It was a wonderfuL year for many flowers and exceptional for trumpets for someunknown reason.

Trtrmpet Warrior 1 YW-WWY ... a new one from Mitsch, I went bananas over it atthe 1990 convention when I saw it a bit tired from its travels' Easily the bestreverse trumpet. yet. It is si1'ky- smooth, re^verses quickly and was the best trumpetin my garden, I reca1l Ruth Pariue saying it was the best flower in hers'

Bega 1 Y-Y .,. from David Jackson, it has settled down quickly here and gave melarge, smooth blooms of golden yellow. It appears to be increasing rapidly' as well'

year I seem to like this better. Here?s something forth. b""t American bred daffodil. It is simply superb.

Gul-1 2 W-GWW,,. Mitsch. Gu11 is capable of giving you Ehe most perfect bl'ooiros'So many times when it looks less than its best, it is because it is cut too soon' Ithas to grow on the plant for a few days'

Pink Division 2ts were so great this year' The colors r^rere intense and everyonehad great substance. The best were:.

Pink,Ice, z w-P... bred by Elise Havens, it has wide, very white petals and apir,t

"op which is sLrongly colored toward the rim' With Precedent as its mother' the

."p "prl"ds out as the bloom matures so 1 thiiik it's pretlier picked early'

china Doll, 2 W-I^I[IP the first Itve had from clive Postles, the John Leaflowers in its background are pretty obvious. The petals are immense and recurve alittle, showing off the cup with its ruffled baby pink edge' Large and magnificent'

Y-Y ... this is Mitsch/Havens. In its 2nd year in my garden it gave me

blooms without a nick'or a flaw. Itrs not expensive, either'

Somna was injured on December l4th when hisby a man fleeing from pol-ice officers. Bob has

is in Grant Medical CenterI know he would appreciate your cards'

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River Queen ... EverYargument t Ehink it isItrs from Bil-l Pannill-.

Prism 2five perfeet

Lemon Cremes 2 YT,tr-w.,. Mitsch, perfect name on this, itts petals are lenon/yel-lowand a white halo at their base makes the creamy buff cup show up nicel-y. New, but in-expensive

Jetsetter 2 Y-R... Brogden. I love Y-Rts, and one that is deeply colored andsunproof as well f like even more. Deep gold round petals set off a goblet-shaped'haLf length cup with a ruffled edge. fh.

",rp only starLed to fade when the petals

died and r^ras stil-l red when the fl-ower dried up'

Cedar Hills 3 W-GYY Mitsch/Havens. First seen at our last convention here, it is hard to imagine that a flower could have a greener eye than this flower has. Living up to its promise, it was Best in Show in Cleveland for me.

Tag mentioned Cairn Toul 3 W-ORR and Rivendell 3 W-GYY and they were both great in my garden, too.

Doctor Hugh 3 W-G00 ... Brian Duncan. The only standard size daffodil I allow to have two clumps in my rather small garden. A huge bloom 4 1/2 inches across and smooth as silk. It has to grow on the plant for several days so it needs shaded and it absolutely requires an acid soil to perform at its best.

Molten Lava 3 Y-YYR. Another Mitsch/Havens. In its second year down it produced three perfect blooms. It was good for Tag, too. It may be one of the few that doesn't know how to grow badly.

Eriskay 4 W-Y ... and Delnashaugh 4 W-P, both from John Lea and both planted in early blooming beds made it to the Adena show. After that, no doubles looked good and most blasted.

Inca 6Y-WWY Mitsch. Very early blooms, too early to even take them to Nash- ville. Inca blooms right after Jetfire. They were really lovely until my cats decided to fight next to the clump. The cats learn to stay in the paths as the season progcess- es. That's why they're still alive.

Lisette 7 Y-GYR .... Ahrens from New Zealand. Late in the season, this always enchants me. It has vivid yellow pointed petals and a scalloped cup rimmed red/orange. I got it at a club sale in 1982 but only had five blooms this year. I wish it would multiply.

I have to conclude this by saying that my seedlings, giving me my first blooms this year were very exciting and two stood out from the rest.

Drumtullagh x Rainbow was lovely with silky white petals and a pink rimmed cup. It was in my Quinn in Nashville and was up for Best in Show. It had even multiplied to two bulbs before it bloomed.

Como x Glory of Lisse was in my second place entry in the Link Class at the convention. It was my best poet and had a flat disc cup with a broad orange band.

Writing about these makes me eager for Spring. Some of my paperwhites are show-ing buds now, so that will help to get me through the best of the Winter.

Donna Dietsch

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The next deadline for CODS CORNER is March 15th, 1992.

Cedar Hills 3 W-GYY,.. Mitsch/Havens. First seen at our last convention here,it is hard to imagine that a flower could have a greener eye than this flower has.Living up to its promise, it was Best in Show in Cleveland for me.

Tag mentioned Cairn Toul 3 W-ORR and Rivendell 3 I^I*GYY and they were both greatin my garden, too,

Doctor Hugh 3 W-GOO ... Brian Duncan. The only standard size daffodil I a1lowto have two clumps in my rather small garden. A huge bloom 4 Llz inches across andsmooth as sil,k. It has to grow on the plant for several days so it needs shaded andit absolutely requires an acid soil to perform at i-ts best.

Molten Lava 3 Y-YYR. Another Mitsch/Havens. In its second year dovm it producedthree perfect blooms. It was good for Tag, too. It may be one of the few that doesnrtknow how to grow bad1y.

Eriskay 4early bloomingmost blasted.

w-Y ... and Delnashaugh 4 w-P, both from John Lea and both planted inbeds made it to the Adena show. After that, no doubles looked good and

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Inca 6Y-WhrY ... Mitsch. Very early blooms, too early to even take them to Nash-ville. Inca blooms right after Jetfire. They were real1y lovely until my cats det:idedto fight next to the clump. The cats learn to stay in the paths as the season progr:ess-es. Thatrs why theyrre still alive.

Lisette 7 Y-GYR .... Ahrens from New Zealand. Late in the'season, this alwaysenchants me. It has vivid yellow pointed petals and a scalloped cup rinmred red/orange.I got it at a club sale in 1982 but only had five blooms this year. I wish it wouldmultip1y.

I have to conclude this by saying that ruy seedlings, giving me my first bloomsthis year r{ere very exciting and two stood out from the rest.

Drumtullagh x Rainbow was 1ovely with silky white petals and a pink rimmed cup.It was in my Quinn in Nashville and was up for Best in Show. It had even multipliedto two bulbs before it bloomed.

Como x Glory of Lisse was in my second place entry in the Link Class aE theconvention. It was my best poet and had a flat disc cup with a broad orange band.

Writing about these makes me eager for Spring. Some of my paperwhites are show-ing buds nor^r, so that will help to get me through the best of the l^Iinter.

Donna Dietsch

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The next deadline for CODS CORNER is March 15th, 1992.

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