Walter J. Smith
Classification:
2 W-WWY[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

H. A. (Harry) Brown

b 1871 d 1956

Ballarat, Victoria, Australia; Camberwell; Fern Tree Gully; Mount Macedon

H. A. (Harry) Brown
, Australia
Registered:
Yes, before 1935
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.

Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Greenish-cream crown edged with lemon yellow; Fl. large; perianth segments broadly ovate or somewhat oblong, blunt, prominently mucronate, a little reflexed, pure white, plane, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower, more nearly spreading, with margins wavy; corona disc-shaped, broad, loosely ribbed, greenish creamy white, with lemon yellow at rim, mouth closely ribbed and frilled, rim irregularly notched.

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

Walter j. smithWalter J. Smith, 2 W-WWY, H. A. (Harry) Brown, Australia, 1935
Photo #6846 J.N. Hancock and Co., AustraliaWalter j. smithWalter J. Smith, 2 W-WWY, H. A. (Harry) Brown, Australia, 1935
Photo #3062 Kirby Fong, USA