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

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1968
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: 
2W-P seedling (
Radiation 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1954
White Sentinel x Mrs. R.O. Backhouse
Radiation
x
Interim 2 W-YYP 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1944
Cushlake x Dava
Interim
)
Pollen Parent: 
Rima 1 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1954
Kenmare x Dawnglow
Rima
Seedling Number:
V109/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 115 mm wide; corona deep salmon pink, with a paler tone at base.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series”.

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TroupialTroupial, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1968
Photo #5002 Wells Knierim, USA