Caldron
Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Hybridizer:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1962
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: 
(
Market Merry 3 Y-O 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1930
Seraglio x (Tamerlane x Fortune)
Market Merry
x
Carbineer 2 Y-O 
Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales
Year Registered: 1927
(Gulliver x unknown)
Carbineer
)
Pollen Parent: 
Armada 2 Y-O 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
15/7 {[Princess Mary x (Emperor x King Alfred)] x Fortune} x Cornish Fire ?
Armada
Seedling Number:
R100/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 102 mm wide; perianth segments broad, deep golden yellow, overlapping; corona almost disc-shaped, large, vivid red. Resembles later-flowered ‘Armada’ with shallower corona.

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