Horsfieldii
Classification:
1 W-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

John Horsfield

John Horsfield
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1845
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: 
N. pseudonarcissus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. pseudonarcissus
Pollen Parent: 
N. bicolor Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. bicolor
Chromosomes:
22
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
5 times as seed, 2 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 104 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, mucronate, inflexed, somewhat creased, overlapping 1/3; cup is cylindrical, lightly ribbed, rich yellow, mouth more strongly ribbed widely expanded, with rim crenate. Resembles an earlier-flowering ‘Empress’ but is slower to multiply and has less substance to the perianth segments.

“Absorbed” ‘Mrs. Harrison Weir’, ‘President Garfield’ (Named in honor of the 20th president of the United States, James Garfield.) and ‘Sir Robert Peel’.

Chromosome count is 22 or 21+B.

Origin of Name

Named for the hybridizer, John Horsefield who was a Lancashire handloom weaver.

Synonyms:

'Horsfield', 'Mrs Harrison Weir', 'President Garfield', 'Sir R.Peel', 'Sir Robert Peel'

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images  

HorsfieldiiHorsfieldii, 1 W-Y, John Horsfield, England, 1845
Photo #22336 Drew Mc Farland, USAHorsfieldiiHorsfieldii, 1 W-Y, John Horsfield, England, 1845
Photo #22223 Tom Stettner, USAHorsfieldiiHorsfieldii, 1 W-Y, John Horsfield, England, 1845
Photo #21991 Heath Family Archives, USAHorsfieldiiHorsfieldii, 1 W-Y, John Horsfield, England, 1845
Photo #16721 Gertrude Hartland, IrelandHorsfieldiiHorsfieldii, 1 W-Y, John Horsfield, England, 1845
Photo #6657 Joe Hamm, USAHorsfieldiiHorsfieldii, 1 W-Y, John Horsfield, England, 1845
Photo #6656 Joe Hamm, USA