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Classification:
6 Y-Y[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
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, 1975
Special Classes:
ADS Miniatures

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Miniature-Sized Daffodils".

A miniature single floreted cultivar normally possess a flower less than 50 mm (1.97") in natural spread.

For a multi-floreted miniature daffodil the guideline measurement for the floral mass is 72mm (2.83") in natural spread.

The ADS requires show exhibitors to enter miniature daffodils only in classes for specific for miniatures.

Any named, numbered, or species daffodil which appears graceful, with all its parts proportionately small, may be exhibited in Miniature classes and is eligible for all ADS awards

, New Zealand NDS Miniatures, The Daffodil Society Miniatures
Seed Parent: 
Wee Bee 1 Y-Y 
: Unknown, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1948
N. minor x open pollinated
Wee Bee
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
C47/2
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Atom
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
4 times as seed
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Atom
Comments

Fl. 40 mm diameter, deep yellow; perianth segments strongly reflexed; corona frilled, with rim flanged.

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AtomAtom, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #1181 Kirby Fong, USAAtomAtom, 6 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1975
Photo #1180 Kirby Fong, USA