P.R. Barr
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:

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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, prominently mucronate, primrose yellow, inflexed, overlapping one-third; the inner segments slightly twisted; corona cylindrical, lightly ribbed, much darker in tone than the perianth, with mouth flared and loosely frilled, rim notched and crenate. Resembles a small-flowered ‘Emperor’.

Origin of Name

Named in honor of the notable daffodil hybridizer, born in Scotland and who lived in England, Peter Barr.

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P.r. barrP.R. Barr, 1 Y-Y, William Backhouse, England, 1869
Photo #29246 RHS Yearbook, England