Snow Gem
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Classification:
3 W-O[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Charles W. Culpepper

b 1888 d 1980

Arlington, Virginia, USA

Charles W. Culpepper
, Virginia, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1957
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Firetail 3 W-R 
Ernest M. Crosfield, England
Year Registered: 1910
(Mrs. C. Bowley x unknown)
Firetail
Pollen Parent: 
Franciscus Drake 2 WWY-YOO 
Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1921
Franciscus Drake
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Corona reddish orange.

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Snow gemSnow Gem, 3 W-O, Charles W. Culpepper, United States, 1957
Photo #4955 Wells Knierim, USA