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Classification:
11a W-P[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1981
Hybridizer:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1993
Registrant:

Richard and Elise Havens

Richard Havens b 1940, d 2014

Elise Havens, daughter of Grant E. Mitsch

Richard and Elise Havens of Hubbard, Oregon, USA, continued her father's business "Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils" from 1989 though 2015.

Richard and Elise Havens
, Oregon, USA
Seed Parent: 
C53/11 (
Pink Frost 2 W-P 
Grant Mitsch and Richard and Elise Havens, United States
Year Registered: 1984
Lough Maree x Radiation
Pink Frost
x
Accent 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Interim x Interlude
Accent
)
Pollen Parent: 
Phantom 11a W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1975
Accent x Q97/2 (Wild Rose x Hillbilly)
Phantom
Seedling Number:
2Q8/2
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 85 mm diameter; perianth segments ovate, spreading, more or less plane; corona deeply split, the six segments opposite and lie closely over the perianth segments, mid-pink, with a darker tone at rim. Pollen parent could be Phantom or its sibling.

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AstropinkAstropink, 11a W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #20942 Quality Daffodils, EnglandAstropinkAstropink, 11a W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #7205 Becky Fox Matthews, USAAstropinkAstropink, 11a W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1993
Photo #5102 Grant E. Mitsch, USA