Red Squirrel
Classification:
2 Y-O[ 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, 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.

Seed Parent: 
Klingo 2 Y-R 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1941
Rosslare x open pollinated
Klingo
Pollen Parent: 
Indian Summer 2 Y-O 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1940
Market Merry x Clackrattle
Indian Summer
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Red Squirrel
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Red Squirrel
Comments

Deep vivid orange/red cup; A description according to deJager’s 1967 catalog: “a quite charming late flower, well proportioned graceful medium sized flower with bright yellow perianth and not too large deep vivid orange-red cup.”

There are no photos of "Red Squirrel" in Daffseek.