Beersheba
Classification:
1 W-W[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:
Registered:
Yes, before 1923
Awards:
Special Class:
Seed Parent: 
White Knight 1 W-W 
de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1907
Madame de Graaff x Madame de Graaff
White Knight
Pollen Parent: 
seedling
Chromosomes:
28 or 29
Pedigree Chart:
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
31 times as seed, 56 times as pollen
Descendants:
Comments

Fl. 127 mm wide, ivory white, facing slightly downwards; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, only slightly mucronate, spreading, overlapping one-third; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, inflexed at base, reflexed towards apex, with margins wavy and sometimes nicked; corona narrowly funnel-shaped, broadly and smoothly ribbed, with mouth expanded and lightly frilled, rim rolled and shallowly crenate. Resembles a ‘White Knight’ of more than twice the size and of purer white.

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BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #61395 Kirby Fong, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #61394 Kirby Fong, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #61393 Kirby Fong, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #60085 Vee Kozma, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #60084 Vee Kozma, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #51262 Lawrence Trevanion, Australia
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #51261 Lawrence Trevanion, Australia
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #51260 Lawrence Trevanion, Australia
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #47121 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #46742 John E. Colley, England
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #45943 Oregon Bulb Farms, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #42367 Ron A. Scamp, England
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #35565 Kirby Fong, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #35564 Kirby Fong, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #35563 Kirby Fong, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #35541 Kirby Fong, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #35540 Kirby Fong, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #27215 P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #25486 Barr Catalog, England
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #25485 Barr Catalog, England
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #17850 Albert F. Calvert, England
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #17849 Albert F. Calvert, England
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #15627 Carlos van der Veek, the Netherlands
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #12886 Drew Mc Farland, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #11352 Old House Gardens Heirloom Bulbs, USA
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #7820 Ian Tyler, England
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #7819 Ian Tyler, England
BeershebaBeersheba, 1 W-W, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1923
Photo #5635 Theodore E. Snazelle, USA