Gertie Millar
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Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

de Graaff Bros.

de Graaff Bros.

Photo: Simon Adriaan de Graaff
From 1914 RHS Daffodil Year Book

de Graaff Bros.
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1927
Awards:

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1930.AM Haarlem 1930; 
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.

Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

A description according to the 1943 McLean Catalog: “Wonderful flower of the new Giant Leedsii type with pure white perianth of enormous size; the beautiful cup is pale primrose, deeply fluted and frilled and of translucent texture; unusually long pistils and anthers match these colors perfectly.”

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images  

Gertie MillarGertie Millar, 2 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #60140 Vee Kozma, USAGertie MillarGertie Millar, 2 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #59190 Susie Lendermon Garden club of Virginia, USAGertie MillarGertie Millar, 2 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #45975 Oregon Bulb Farms, USAGertie millarGertie Millar, 2 W-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #6205 Willis H. Wheeler, USA