Liberty Light
Classification:
2 W-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Lionel Richardson

b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, before 1952
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: 
Coral Island 2 W-GPP 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Mitylene x Fortune
Coral Island
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Catalog 1973: cup is very pale citron, almost white with margin of pinkish-orange;

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Liberty lightLiberty Light, 2 W-YYO, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1952
Photo #341 ADS Photo, USA