April Message
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Classification:
1 W-W[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
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: 
Samite 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1930
Mrs. Ernst H. Krelage x Beersheba
Samite
Pollen Parent: 
Cantatrice 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1936
Beersheba x Eskimo ?
Cantatrice
Seedling Number:
14/9/51
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate; corona rim dentate.

Origin of Name

Part of Tom Bloomer’s “April” series.

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April MessageApril Message, 1 W-W, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1964
Photo #48091 Gerard H. Wayne, USA