Postmistress
Classification:
2 W-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Guy L. Wilson

b 1885 d 1962

Broughshane, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland

Guy L. Wilson
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1950
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: 
Folly 2 W-O 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1926
Beacon x N. poeticus var. recurvus
Folly
Pollen Parent: 
Athlone 2 Y-YYO 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
Clava x Forfar
Athlone
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments pure white, slightly reflexed; corona shallow, bright red.

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