Arctic Sun
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Classification:
2 W-OOY[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1950
Hybridizer:

J.J. Abernethy

b 1908 d 1975

Dunedin, New Zealand; Christchurch

J.J. Abernethy
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1960
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: 
Blarney 3 W-OOY 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1935
Mitylene x Sunstar
Blarney
Pollen Parent: 
Artist's Model 2 W-OOY 
George Lewis, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1939
Nene Beauty x Zillah
Artist's Model
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 114 mm diameter; perianth segments pure white, of thick substance; corona almost disc-shaped, dark apricot orange, with cream yellow at rim.

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