Lord Nelson
Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

G.B. van Rhijn

Noordwijk, Holland

G.B. van Rhijn
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1936
Awards:

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 1936.AM Haarlem 1936; 
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.

Chromosomes:
28
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
5 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

A description according to the 1958 issue of Heemskirk catalog: “the immense and well-shaped perianth and bold trumpet are of a pleasing yellow self-color.”

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Lord NelsonLord Nelson, 1 Y-Y, G.B. van Rhijn, the Netherlands, 1936
Photo #47042 Heath Family Archives, USALord nelsonLord Nelson, 1 Y-Y, G.B. van Rhijn, the Netherlands, 1936
Photo #22005 Heath Family Archives, USA