Achernar
Classification:
1 W-W[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

John A. Hunter

Nelson, New Zealand

John A. Hunter
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1968
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Cletus 1 W-W 
John T. Gray, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1949
Beersheba
Cletus
Pollen Parent: 
Kanchenjunga 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1934
Brodie 1W-W seedling (White Knight x Conqueror) x Askelon
Kanchenjunga
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 117 mm wide. Resembles ‘Cletus’.

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