Mrs. Ernst H. Krelage
Classification:
1 W-W[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

E.H. Krelage and Son

E.H. Krelage and Son
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1912
Awards:
Special Class:
Seed Parent: 
Madame de Graaff 1 W-W 
de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1887
Empress x N. albescens
Madame de Graaff
Pollen Parent: 
King Alfred 1 Y-Y 
John Kendall, England
Year Registered: 1899
Maximus x Emperor
King Alfred
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
10 times as seed, 10 times as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. 102 mm wide, creamy white, of great substance; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, slightly mucronate, inflexed, plane or a little concave, sometimes with raised midrib, with margins minutely incurling at apex, overlapping one-third; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, a little twisted, with margins sometimes nicked; corona cylindrical, smooth, opening creamy yellow, mouth 6-lobed and lightly frilled, rim crenate and widely rolled.

Origin of Name

Was named in honor of the wife of a premiere bulb grower in the Netherlands.

Synonyms:

'Mrs. E.H. Krelage'

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Mrs. Ernst H. KrelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #60298 Vee Kozma, USA
Mrs. Ernst H. KrelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #60195 Vee Kozma, USA
Mrs. Ernst H. KrelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #60194 Vee Kozma, USA
Mrs. Ernst H. KrelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #59914 Kirby Fong, USA
Mrs. Ernst H. KrelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #59913 Kirby Fong, USA
Mrs. Ernst H. KrelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #59912 Kirby Fong, USA
Mrs. Ernst H. KrelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #59911 Kirby Fong, USA
Mrs. Ernst H. KrelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #46013 Oregon Bulb Farms, USA
Mrs. Ernst H. KrelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #41283 Kirby Fong, USA
Mrs. Ernst H. KrelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #31157 RHS Yearbook, England
Mrs. ernst h. krelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #25517 Barr Catalog, England
Mrs. ernst h. krelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #22896 Cartwright and Goodwin, England
Mrs. ernst h. krelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #22021 Heath Family Archives, USA
Mrs. ernst h. krelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #7837 Ian Tyler, England
Mrs. ernst h. krelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #6244 Willis H. Wheeler, USA
Mrs. ernst h. krelageMrs. Ernst H. Krelage, 1 W-W, E.H. Krelage and Son, the Netherlands, 1912
Photo #3428 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA