April Queen
Classification:
2 W-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

P. van Deursen

Established 1887. Sassenheim, Holland; Heemskerk

P. van Deursen
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1938
Awards:

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1938.AM Haarlem 1938; 
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Ivory white perianth and lemon-yellow cup with a ribbed orange edge.

Origin of Name

According to Heirloom Daffodil Bulbs: “Medieval troubadours sang of a frolicking April Queen who led young and old in a merry dance of spring.”

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April QueenApril Queen, 2 W-YYO, P. van Deursen, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #58447 Kirby Fong, USAApril QueenApril Queen, 2 W-YYO, P. van Deursen, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #58446 Kirby Fong, USAApril QueenApril Queen, 2 W-YYO, P. van Deursen, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #42171 Ben Blake, USAApril QueenApril Queen, 2 W-YYO, P. van Deursen, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #42170 Ben Blake, USAApril QueenApril Queen, 2 W-YYO, P. van Deursen, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #40689 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USAApril QueenApril Queen, 2 W-YYO, P. van Deursen, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #35724 Kirby Fong, USAApril QueenApril Queen, 2 W-YYO, P. van Deursen, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #32653 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsApril queenApril Queen, 2 W-YYO, P. van Deursen, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #26291 Kirby Fong, USAApril queenApril Queen, 2 W-YYO, P. van Deursen, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #16451 John Castor, USAApril queenApril Queen, 2 W-YYO, P. van Deursen, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #15619 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsApril queenApril Queen, 2 W-YYO, P. van Deursen, the Netherlands, 1938
Photo #6852 Brent and Becky Heath, USA