Quail
Classification:
7 Y-Y[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Raiser:
Registered:
Yes, 1974
Awards:
Seed Parent: 
Daydream 2 Y-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Binkie x K43 (King of the North x Content)
Daydream
Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Seedling Number:
F72/1
Pedigree Chart:
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls. 2-3 per stem, 60 mm wide, rich golden yellow; perianth segments broadly ovate, with prominent whitish mucro, spreading or slightly inflexed, plane, overlapping half; corona funnel-shaped, loosely ribbed, a little darker in tone than the perianth, mouth straight or a little flared, split in places and overlapping, wavy. Scented

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series”. Named after the bird, Quail, which can be found in his home state of Oregon.

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QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #55397 Bradley McCarson, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #53949 Kevin Inkawhich, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #50238 Ralph Sowell, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #49267 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #49025 U.S. National Arboretum, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #43631 John E. Colley, England
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #38964 Marguerite Donkin, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #38963 Marguerite Donkin, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #35916 Fentongollan Farms, England
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #20835 Quality Daffodils, England
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #16950 Christopher Harley, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #13079 Tom Stettner, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #11858 Ben Blake, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #11857 Ben Blake, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #6504 Mary Durtschi, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #6067 Steve Taylor, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #5817 Tom Stettner, USA
QuailQuail, 7 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1974
Photo #744 Ben Blake, USA