Pride of Cornwall
Classification:
8 W-YYR[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Percival D. Williams

b 1865 d 1935

St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Percival D. Williams

From 1914 RHS Daffodil Yearbook

Percival D. Williams
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1933
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.

Chromosomes:
24
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 2-3 per stem, 59 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt or truncate, prominently mucronate, white, tinged yellow at base, concave, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, a little inflexed, with margins incurling; corona bowl-shaped, ribbed, deep orange-yellow, with red at rim, mouth straight, neatly frilled. Scented.

Origin of Name

Named for the county where Mr. Williams raised his daffodils from 1899 until 1935.

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

Pride of CornwallPride of Cornwall, 8 W-YYR, Percival D. Williams, England, 1933
Photo #58027 Drew Mc Farland, USAPride of CornwallPride of Cornwall, 8 W-YYR, Percival D. Williams, England, 1933
Photo #50352 Don Caton, USAPride of CornwallPride of Cornwall, 8 W-YYR, Percival D. Williams, England, 1933
Photo #50351 Don Caton, USAPride of CornwallPride of Cornwall, 8 W-YYR, Percival D. Williams, England, 1933
Photo #50236 Ralph Sowell, USA