Jack Snipe
Classification:
6 W-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Michael Percival Williams

b 1903 d 1963

St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Michael Percival Williams
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1951
Awards:

AGM Award

This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1995.

AGM 1995; 

HC(p) Award

This plant earned the status of Highly Commended (HC)

Qualified for cultivation in pots, Pans or bowls.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1985.HC(p) 1985; 

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1956.AM Haarlem 1956; 
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.

Chromosomes:
21
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 70 mm wide, at an acute angle to the stem; perianth segments ovate, mucronate, creamy white, flushed pale yellow at base, reflexed, with margins incurved, overlapping a quarter; corona cylindrical, ribbed, vivid yellow, with a brighter tone at rim, mouth very slightly expanded and a little frilled, with rim notched and crenate.

Origin of Name

Named after a shy small stocky brown wading bird, the smallest in the snipe family, that spends its non-breeding period in Great Britain.

Synonyms:

'April Love#'

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Jack SnipeJack Snipe, 6 W-Y, Michael Percival Williams, England, 1951
Photo #59089 Roger Parsons, EnglandJack SnipeJack Snipe, 6 W-Y, Michael Percival Williams, England, 1951
Photo #53217 Yeskendir Satekov, KazakhstanJack SnipeJack Snipe, 6 W-Y, Michael Percival Williams, England, 1951
Photo #47749 Coleen Toone, USAJack SnipeJack Snipe, 6 W-Y, Michael Percival Williams, England, 1951
Photo #35902 Fentongollan Farms, EnglandJack snipeJack Snipe, 6 W-Y, Michael Percival Williams, England, 1951
Photo #6462 Mary Durtschi, USA