Caprice
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Classification:
3 W-GOR[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

David S. Bell

b 1905 d 1987

Christchurch, New Zealand; Templeton

David S. Bell
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1962
Awards:

PC(e) Award

This plant earned the Certificate of Preliminary Commendation (PC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to a new plant of promise for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1970.PC(e) 1970; 
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: 
seedling
Pollen Parent: 
Green Jade 3 W-? 
George Lewis, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1955
Green Jade
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 128 mm wide; crown rimmed with deep red with yellow center shading to distinct green throat.

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CapriceCaprice, 3 W-GOR, David S. Bell, New Zealand, 1962
Photo #49165 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandCapriceCaprice, 3 W-GOR, David S. Bell, New Zealand, 1962
Photo #9594 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand