Aerolite
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Classification:
2 Y-Y[ 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 1923
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.

Seed Parent: 
King Alfred 1 Y-Y 
John Kendall, England
Year Registered: 1899
Maximus x Emperor
King Alfred
?
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Aerolite
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
3 times as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments primrose yellow, slightly reflexed, overlapping; corona long, slender, bright yellow.

Was classified as a Division 1 until 1941.

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

AeroliteAerolite, 2 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #60067 Vee Kozma, USAAeroliteAerolite, 2 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #60066 Vee Kozma, USAAeroliteAerolite, 2 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #52197 Grant E. Mitsch, USAAeroliteAerolite, 2 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #45936 Oregon Bulb Farms, USAAeroliteAerolite, 2 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #31295 RHS Yearbook, EnglandAeroliteAerolite, 2 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #18113 Lillian A. Guernsey, USAAeroliteAerolite, 2 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #18112 Lillian A. Guernsey, USAAeroliteAerolite, 2 Y-Y, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1923
Photo #6162 Willis H. Wheeler, USA