Olympic Gold
Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Lionel Richardson

b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, 1962
Registrant:

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson
, Ireland
Awards:

*AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified as a show flower

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1969.*AM(e) 1969; 
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: 
Yellow Idol 1 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1951
Pretoria x Cromarty
Yellow Idol
Pollen Parent: 
King's Ransom 1 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1950
Kingscourt x Goldcourt
King's Ransom
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed, 3 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 114 mm wide, vivid yellow; perianth segments blunt, twisted, slightly inflexed, regular, overlapping; corona ribbed, mouth expanded and frilled, with rim flanged and crenate. Resembles a large-flowered ‘Kingscourt’.

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Olympic goldOlympic Gold, 1 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1962
Photo #14556 Kirby Fong, USAOlympic goldOlympic Gold, 1 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1962
Photo #8279 Mary Lou Gripshover, USAOlympic goldOlympic Gold, 1 Y-Y, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1962
Photo #8278 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA