Alexandria
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Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Very Early
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Lionel Richardson

b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, before 1941
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: 
Fortune 2 Y-O 
Walter T. Ware, England
Year Registered: 1917
Sir Watkin x Blackwell
Fortune
Pollen Parent: 
Marksman 2 Y-O 
Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson and Gwendolen Evelyn, Wales
Year Registered: 1930
Hospodar x A.M. Wilson 2Y-R seedling~
Marksman
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments yellow; corona somewhat cylindrical, orange.

A description according to Swains of Bristol 1954 catalog: “Very valuable as one of the earliest of highly colored Daffodils, a week or more before Fortune. Like Fortune it varies in the depth of the orange color shown by the large cup. Good form.”

Origin of Name

Part of Lionel Richardson’s “World War II Battles Series”. Named after the port of Alexandria which was part of the Western Desert Campaign of World War II.

There are no photos of "Alexandria" in Daffseek.