John Dory
Classification:
2 W-WWY[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Sir John S. Arkwright

b 1872 d 1954

Presteigne, Radnorshire (now Powys), Wales. Knighted 1934

Sir John S. Arkwright

photo by Benjamin Stone of Sir John Stanhope Arkwright, June 1902, from the UK’s National Portrait Gallery

Sir John S. Arkwright
, Wales, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1934
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments broad; corona shallow, widely expanded, rich creamy white, with pale golden yellow at rim, frilled

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