El Camino
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Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
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, 1978
Registrant:

W.H. Roesé/Brian S. Duncan

W.H. Roesé/Brian S. Duncan
Seed Parent: 
Honey Bells 5 Y-Y 
Matthew Fowlds, United States
Year Registered: 1963
x N. triandrus
Honey Bells
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
E09
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Resembles a deeper-colored ‘Charity May’ with a taller and a stronger stem.

Origin of Name

Brian Duncan named and registered this daffodil after having bought the stock from Grant Mitsch and traveled with the bulbs for many miles on California’s El Camino Real (otherwise known as the California Mission Trail) with ADS Past President, Bill Roese and his wife Rosemary.

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El caminoEl Camino, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1978
Photo #15318 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsEl caminoEl Camino, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1978
Photo #7428 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsEl caminoEl Camino, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1978
Photo #1584 Kirby Fong, USAEl caminoEl Camino, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1978
Photo #988 Brian S. Duncan, Northern Ireland