Pearly Queen
Classification:
5 W-Y[ Triandrus ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

de Graaff Bros.

de Graaff Bros.

Photo: Simon Adriaan de Graaff
From 1914 RHS Daffodil Year Book

de Graaff Bros.
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1927
Awards:

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

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

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1930.AM Haarlem 1930; 
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 ovate, acute, prominently mucronate, creamy white; corona lemon yellow, with a pearl-like flush, rim notched and crenate.

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images  

Pearly QueenPearly Queen, 5 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #51420 Heath Family Archives, USAPearly QueenPearly Queen, 5 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #49011 U.S. National Arboretum, USAPearly QueenPearly Queen, 5 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #44559 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaPearly QueenPearly Queen, 5 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #35134 Kirby Fong, USAPearly QueenPearly Queen, 5 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #33163 Ian Tyler, EnglandPearly queenPearly Queen, 5 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #27260 P. de Jager and Sons, the NetherlandsPearly queenPearly Queen, 5 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #18153 Lillian A. Guernsey, USAPearly queenPearly Queen, 5 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #12923 Drew Mc Farland, USAPearly queenPearly Queen, 5 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #12922 Drew Mc Farland, USAPearly queenPearly Queen, 5 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #6258 Willis H. Wheeler, USA