Marshal Tsjoekof
Classification:
2 W-OOR[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Berbee

Lisse, Holland

J. Berbee
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1945
Awards:

EFA Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Early Forcing Award (EFA).

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1948.EFA Haarlem 1948; 
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.

Chromosomes:
28
Fertility:
Believed to be Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

A description according to deJager’s 1965 catalog: “a large orange and white flower, snow-white perianth and a broad smooth widely expanded crown of pale apricot-orange with a prettily filled edge of intense orange…”

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Marshal tsjoekofMarshal Tsjoekof, 2 W-OOR, J. Berbee, the Netherlands, 1945
Photo #27251 P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands