Delightful
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Classification:
3 W-GYY[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1969
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: 
Cushendall 3 W-GWW 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1931
Emerald Eye x Dactyl
Cushendall
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Seedling Number:
V03/2
Chromosomes:
14
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. rounded; perianth segments pure white, deeply overlapping; corona yellow, with green at base, frilled. Resembles ‘Grace Note’ in coloring.

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DelightfulDelightful, 3 W-GYY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1969
Photo #33021 Rose Bradley, USADelightfulDelightful, 3 W-GYY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1969
Photo #5707 Tom Stettner, USA