Empire
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Classification:
2 W-WYY[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Ernest M. Crosfield

d 1925

Raised daffodils 1898-1915. Frodsham, Cheshire, England; Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales; Cossington, Somerset, England; Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales

Ernest M. Crosfield
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1908
Awards:

FA Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Forcing Award (FA).

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1926.FA Haarlem 1926; 
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Chromosomes:
28
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as seed,1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments creamy white, overlapping; corona large, expanded, lemon yellow, paling to sulfur white at base, neatly frilled.

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EmpireEmpire, 2 W-WYY, Ernest M. Crosfield, England, 1908
Photo #47250 Drew Mc Farland, USAEmpireEmpire, 2 W-WYY, Ernest M. Crosfield, England, 1908
Photo #47249 Drew Mc Farland, USA