Goldbeater
Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (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 1923
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Seed Parent: 
Maximus 1 Y-Y 
: Unknown,
Year Registered: 1576
(N. Hispanicus x unknown)
Maximus
Pollen Parent: 
1 Y-Y seedling
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
5 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. orange-gold; perianth segments twisted; corona with mouth expanded, rim dentate.

According to Grant Mitsch in his article “Daffodils in the Pacific Northwest”, in the July 1940 issue of Journal of the California Horticultural Society, he states: “…it has great depth of color, being a rich pure golden-yellow, deeper in tone than ‘King Alfred’ , and with a larger flower.”

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GoldbeaterGoldbeater, 1 Y-Y, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1923
Photo #43462 Albert F. Calvert, England