M.J. Berkeley
Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

William Backhouse

b 1807 d 1869

Wolsingham, Durham, England

William Backhouse
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1869
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.

Seed Parent: 
(
Maximus 1 Y-Y 
: Unknown,
Year Registered: 1576
(N. Hispanicus x unknown)
Maximus
x unknown )
Chromosomes:
14
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
7 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. rich deep yellow; perianth segments ovate, acute, not noticeably mucronate, inflexed, with margins wavy or twisted, overlapping at base only; the inner segments sometimes more strongly inflexed towards apex, with margins recurved; corona cylindrical, mouth very widely expanded, heavily ribbed, 6-lobed, with rim deeply notched and crenate. Resembles a large-flowered ‘Maximus’.

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