Santa Claus
Classification:
4 W-W[ Double ]
Season:
Very Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 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
Awards:

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1964.AM Haarlem 1964; 

FCC(e) Award

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1958.FCC(e) 1958; 

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1950.AM(e) 1950; 
Special Classes:
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.

, ADS Intermediates

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Intermediate-Sized Daffodils".

The ADS defines an intermediate daffodil as a standard daffodil in Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, or 11 having a single floret whose diameter is typically greater than 50mm and through 80mm.

Intermediate daffodils may be entered in ADS show exibition classes for standard daffodils as well as classes reserved for intermediate daffodils.

Seed Parent: 
Cushendall 3 W-GWW 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1931
Emerald Eye x Dactyl
Cushendall
seedling
Pollen Parent: 
Smyrna 9 W-GOO 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1926
James Hogg x Ace of Diamonds
Smyrna
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Santa Claus
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 75 mm wide, pure white; perianth and other petaloid segments in several whorls, very broad in outline, rounded and truncate at apex, overlapping two-thirds; the outer whorls spreading or a little inflexed; the inner whorls successively slightly shorter and more strongly inflexed, often folded at midrib; a few segments at center convoluted and strongly inflexed; corona segments minute Strongly scented.

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos  

Santa ClausSanta Claus, 4 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1950
Photo #47219 Ian Tyler, EnglandSanta ClausSanta Claus, 4 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1950
Photo #31111 RHS Yearbook, EnglandSanta clausSanta Claus, 4 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1950
Photo #2689 Kirby Fong, USA