Pomona
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Classification:
3 W-GYO[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
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 1930
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 1936.AM Haarlem 1936; 
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:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Corona yellow, with rim apricot at rim.

A description according to deGraaff Bros 1956 Catalog: “Our finest introduction of 1936. Pure white, wax-like perianth, with petals so much overlapping that they form a complete circle. Flat citron-yellow cup, flushed apricot, with small orange margin. When fully opened the cup changes from apricot to green, while the orange margins deepens and lends a most unique beauty of this flower. It is a sturdy grower, good neck, flower well above the foliage.”

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

PomonaPomona, 3 W-GYO, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1930
Photo #56473 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USAPomonaPomona, 3 W-GYO, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1930
Photo #56472 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USAPomonaPomona, 3 W-GYO, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1930
Photo #56471 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USAPomonaPomona, 3 W-GYO, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1930
Photo #56470 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USAPomonaPomona, 3 W-GYO, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1930
Photo #49020 U.S. National Arboretum, USAPomonaPomona, 3 W-GYO, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1930
Photo #28460 de Graaff Catalog Photo, the NetherlandsPomonaPomona, 3 W-GYO, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1930
Photo #27266 P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands