Toorak Gold
Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1945
Hybridizer:

J.N. Hancock and Co.

J.N. Hancock and Co.
, Victoria, Australia
Registered:
Yes, 1964
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: 
(
Malvern Gold 2 Y-Y 
H. A. (Harry) Brown, Australia
Year Registered: 1933
King Alfred ?
Malvern Gold
x unknown )
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
5 times as seed, 3 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate, bright yellow, with white mucro, spreading, of heavy substance, overlapping one-third; corona short, smooth, deep golden yellow, mouth broadly but not deeply lobed, with rim rolled. Resembles an improved ‘Malvern Gold’.

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Toorak GoldToorak Gold, 2 Y-Y, J.N. Hancock and Co., Australia, 1964
Photo #42149 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsToorak GoldToorak Gold, 2 Y-Y, J.N. Hancock and Co., Australia, 1964
Photo #40681 John F. McLennan, New ZealandToorak GoldToorak Gold, 2 Y-Y, J.N. Hancock and Co., Australia, 1964
Photo #40680 John F. McLennan, New Zealand