New-Baby
Classification:
7 W-Y[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Very Late
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Gerritsen and Son

J. Gerritsen and Son
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1963
Special Classes:
ADS Miniatures

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Miniature-Sized Daffodils".

A miniature single floreted cultivar normally possess a flower less than 50 mm (1.97") in natural spread.

For a multi-floreted miniature daffodil the guideline measurement for the floral mass is 72mm (2.83") in natural spread.

The ADS requires show exhibitors to enter miniature daffodils only in classes for specific for miniatures.

Any named, numbered, or species daffodil which appears graceful, with all its parts proportionately small, may be exhibited in Miniature classes and is eligible for all ADS awards

, The Daffodil Society Miniatures
Seed Parent: 
Baby Star 7 Y-Y 
J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands
Year of first flowering: 1949
N. jonquilla var. minor x N. jonquilla
Baby Star
sport
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for New-Baby
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls up to 4 per stem, 20 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate or oblong, squarish at apex, prominently mucronate, greenish white, with a patch of yellow at margin in lower half, spreading, plane, separated; the inner segments ovate, blunt, sometimes a little twisted; corona bowl-shaped, smooth, dark yellow, with rim entire or obscurely crenate. Resembles ‘Baby Star’ but with pale perianth segments.

Synonyms:

'Newbaby'

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New-BabyNew-Baby, 7 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1963
Photo #58955 Nancy Tackett, USANew-BabyNew-Baby, 7 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1963
Photo #58941 Ben Blake, USANew-BabyNew-Baby, 7 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1963
Photo #58940 Ben Blake, USANew-BabyNew-Baby, 7 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1963
Photo #53518 John E. Colley, EnglandNew-babyNew-Baby, 7 W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1963
Photo #3433 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA