Longeray
Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Hybridizer:

Arthur Overton

b 1898 d 1959

Wandin, Victoria, Australia

Arthur Overton
, Victoria, Australia
Registered:
Yes, 1959
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: 
Grayling 2 W-YYW 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
The Fawn x Maximus
Grayling
seedling
Pollen Parent: 
Grayling 2 W-YYW 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
The Fawn x Maximus
Grayling
seedling
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 114 mm wide; corona broad, dusty lavender pink.

Origin of Name

Believed to be named after the Longeray Daffodil Farm in Victoria Australia. In 1986, Meg Yerger of Princess Anne, Maryland traveled to Australia and searched for bulbs of ‘Banjo Paterson’. Ken Hughes of Longeray Daffodil Farm included three bulbs with a large made by Ms. Yerger ordered. 

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