April Magnet
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Classification:
2 Y-GYR[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Tom Bloomer

b 1905 d 1989

Rathowen Daffodils, Dergmoney, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland (1971-73)

Tom Bloomer
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1964
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: 
Red Ranger 2 Y-O 
W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1953
Carbineer ? x Bahram ?
Red Ranger
Pollen Parent: 
(
Royal Mail 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1937
Tregoose x Porthilly
Royal Mail
x
Narvik 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1940
Carbineer x Porthilly
Narvik
)
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Believed to be Pollen fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments yellow; corona orange-yellow, with green at base and deep red at rim.

Origin of Name

Part of Tom Bloomer’s “April” series.

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