Red Bird
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Classification:
2 W-O[ Large-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 1936
Awards:

FCC Haarlem Award

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence 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 1938.FCC Haarlem 1938; 

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:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
9 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments cream white; corona scarlet-orange.

A description according the 1947 deGraaff Bros. catalog: “the leading variety amongst recent introductions. The well-rounded, overlapping petals are of a fine white, solid texture, in a sharp contrast to the fiery orange-scarlet cup. A strong stem, short neck and sturdy foliage make this daffodil one of the best of our recent seedlings.”

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

Red BirdRed Bird, 2 W-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1936
Photo #46857 Heath Family Archives, USARed BirdRed Bird, 2 W-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1936
Photo #46856 Heath Family Archives, USARed birdRed Bird, 2 W-O, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1936
Photo #28461 de Graaff Catalog Photo, the Netherlands