Astral Light
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Classification:
2 W-WWY[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

David S. Bell

b 1905 d 1987

Christchurch, New Zealand; Templeton

David S. Bell
, South Island, New Zealand
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: 
Papanui Queen 2 W-O 
George Lewis, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1940
Papanui Queen
Pollen Parent: 
Green Island 2 W-GWY 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Gracious x Seraglio
Green Island
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 104 mm wide; perianth segments broad, pure white, smooth, overlapping; corona bowl-shaped, with a broad and clearly defined band of deep golden yellow at rim. Resembles ‘Green Island’ but with smoother perianth segments and the corona of better form.

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