Peche Melba
Classification:
11a Y-O[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Gerritsen and Son

J. Gerritsen and Son
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1963
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 90 mm wide; perianth segments light greenish yellow; corona segments two-thirds the length of the perianth segments, ribbed, near to vivid orange-yellow, usually deeply 3-lobed, frilled; a single very narrow extra growth between each corona segment at base.

Synonyms:

'Peach Melba'

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Peche melbaPeche Melba, 11a Y-O, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1963
Photo #6897 Brent and Becky Heath, USA