Wilson's Seedling
Classification:
3 Y-O[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson

b 1868 d 1953

East Keal, Lincolnshire, England; Shovell, Somerset; Presteigne, Radnorshire (now Powys), Wales

Alexander (Alec) M. WilsonAlexander (Alec) M. Wilson
, Wales, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1913
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.

Seed Parent: 
Beacon 3 W-R 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1897
Princess Mary x (N. poeticus var. recurvus x poet ?)
Beacon
Pollen Parent: 
Div. 9 sdlg
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments fairly broadly ovate, blunt, creamy yellow, tinged pinkish orange, with prominent white mucro, a little creased, with margins slightly wavy, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments narrower, with margins more strongly wavy; corona disc-shaped, small, deeply ribbed, pale orange, shading to rich orange at rim

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Wilson's SeedlingWilson's Seedling, 3 Y-O, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1913
Photo #31162 RHS Yearbook, England