Show Countess
Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J.N. Hancock and Co.

J.N. Hancock and Co.
, Victoria, Australia
Registered:
Yes, before 1946
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: 
(
Hebron 1 Y-Y 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1921
White Emperor x King Alfred
Hebron
x
Ecstatic 1 W-W 
H. A. (Harry) Brown, Australia
Year Registered: 1960
Ecstatic
)
Pollen Parent: 
Truth 2 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1936
Naxos x [(Madame de Graaff x seedling~) x Beersheba]
Truth
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. pure white, of thick substance.

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Show CountessShow Countess, 2 W-W, J.N. Hancock and Co., Australia, 1946
Photo #44758 Brenda Lyon, Australia