Porthtowan
Classification:
2 -[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

The Brodie of Brodie

b 1868 d 1943

Forres, Grampian, Scotland

The Brodie of Brodie
, Scotland, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1938
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 very broad in outline, blunt or squarish at apex, mucronate, spreading, plane, overlapping half; the inner segments square-shouldered at base, a little inflexed; corona bowl-shaped, lightly ribbed, with mouth split in places and overlapping, closely and minutely frilled. RHS Classification is 2 (a).

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PorthtowanPorthtowan, 2 -, The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland, 1938
Photo #51639 Calvert Catalog, England