Alicante
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Classification:
2 W-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Guy L. Wilson

b 1885 d 1962

Broughshane, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland

Guy L. Wilson
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1954
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Pierrot 3 W-R 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1935
Pierrot
Pollen Parent: 
Athlone 2 Y-YYO 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
Clava x Forfar
Athlone
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 111 mm wide; perianth segments white, shading to near brilliant yellow at base, slightly incurving, overlapping; corona ribbed, near strong orange, with streaks of orange-yellow (near) more frequent on the outside, mouth slightly expanded, rim crenate.

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AlicanteAlicante, 2 W-O, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1954
Photo #28521 Guy L. Wilson Catalog, Northern Ireland