Red Curtain
Classification:
1 Y-O[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

William Ormston Backhouse

b 1885 d 1962

Rio Negro, Argentina; Hereford, Herefordshire, England

William Ormston Backhouse
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1956
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.

Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
5 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments rich yellow; corona reddish orange.

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Red CurtainRed Curtain, 1 Y-O, William Ormston Backhouse, England, 1956
Photo #41990 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsRed curtainRed Curtain, 1 Y-O, William Ormston Backhouse, England, 1956
Photo #22044 Heath Family Archives, USARed curtainRed Curtain, 1 Y-O, William Ormston Backhouse, England, 1956
Photo #2594 Kirby Fong, USA