Humoresque
Classification:
2 W-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

David S. Bell

b 1905 d 1987

Christchurch, New Zealand; Templeton

David S. Bell
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1959
Awards:

PC(e)(NZ) Award

This plant earned the Certificate of Preliminary Commendation (PC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to a new plant of promise for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the New Zealand National Daffodil Society in 1961.PC(e)(NZ) 1961; 
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: 
Mannequin 2 W-WWP 
George Lewis, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1962
Border Queen x Pink'un
Mannequin
Pollen Parent: 
Garland 2 Y-YOO 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1938
Seraglio x Copper Bowl
Garland
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 115 mm wide; corona very shallow bowl-shaped, red. Resembles ‘Salmon Trout’ but with the perianth white on opening and the corona richer in color.

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