Sierra Gold
Classification:
7 Y-Y[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

de Graaff Bros.

de Graaff Bros.

Photo: Simon Adriaan de Graaff
From 1914 RHS Daffodil Year Book

de Graaff Bros.
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1927
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.

Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

According to Jan deGraaff’s Record Book of the 1951 descriptions of flowers then being grown at Oregon Bulb Farm, “Sierra Gold (DeGraaff) 1927 — A splendid flower of extremely rich coloring; an intense, pure buttercup gold, the beautiful little trumpet being reflexed and deeply frilled; it increases rapidly and makes an ideal daffodil for naturalizing or for the rock garden.

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

Sierra goldSierra Gold, 7 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #28502 Max Schling Seedsmen Inc., USASierra goldSierra Gold, 7 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #7185 Mrs. Goethe (Helen) Link, USA