Fireproof
Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Guy L. Wilson

b 1885 d 1962

Broughshane, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland

Guy L. Wilson
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1952
Awards:

*HC(g) Award

This plant earned the status of Highly Commended (HC)

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1959.*HC(g) 1959; 
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: 
(
Sunproof Orange 2 Y-O 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1935
Seedling 15/7 {[Princess Mary x (Emperor x King Alfred)] x Fortune} x P.D. Williams seedling~
Sunproof Orange
x
Trevisky 2 Y-O 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1930
Trevisky
)
Pollen Parent: 
Rustom Pasha 2 Y-O 
Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson and Gwendolen Evelyn, Wales
Year Registered: 1930
Hospodar x A.M. Wilson 2Y-R seedling~
Rustom Pasha
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed,1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 95 mm wide; perianth segments vivid yellow, overlapping half; corona long, ribbed, strong orange, mouth slightly expanded, frilled, with rim dentate and slightly flanged.

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FireproofFireproof, 2 Y-O, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1952
Photo #4401 Ruth Johnson, USA