White Pearl
Classification:
8 W-W[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Hybridizer:

Unknown

Unknown
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1861
Awards:

AM 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 Royal Horticultural Society in 1916.AM 1916; 
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.

Chromosomes:
22
Fertility:
Believed to be Pollen fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. large; perianth segments pure white; corona opening citron yellow, becoming white. Resembles a much later-flowered ‘Paper White Grandiflora’. The corona variably more yellow than white.

 

Information according to the California Nursery Company, Niles California 1904 catalog: “This variety is known also as the Chinese Sacred Lily or bunch flowering Narcissus and is grown extensively by the Chinese for use in their New Year festivals.  Flowers are creamy white. Very Fragrant and from 1 to 1 1/4 inches across when expanded.”

 

There is a question if this is the  same as ‘Louis le Grand’ and/or  ‘White Perfection’?

Origin of Name

Collective name for numerous slight variants of ‘White Pearl’.

Synonyms:

'Original Pearl', 'Pearl#', 'Pearls'

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

White PearlWhite Pearl, 8 W-W, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1861
Photo #45918 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaWhite PearlWhite Pearl, 8 W-W, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1861
Photo #45917 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaWhite PearlWhite Pearl, 8 W-W, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1861
Photo #40773 Ralph Sowell, USAWhite pearlWhite Pearl, 8 W-W, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1861
Photo #13027 Theodore E. Snazelle, USAWhite pearlWhite Pearl, 8 W-W, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1861
Photo #12944 Drew Mc Farland, USAWhite pearlWhite Pearl, 8 W-W, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1861
Photo #12359 William R.P. (Bill) Welch, USAWhite pearlWhite Pearl, 8 W-W, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1861
Photo #6927 Brent and Becky Heath, USAWhite pearlWhite Pearl, 8 W-W, Unknown Hybridizer, the Netherlands, 1861
Photo #6303 Willis H. Wheeler, USA