Bessbrook
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Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Hybridizer:

W.J. (Willy) Dunlop

d 1990. Ballymena, Co.Antrim, N.Ireland; Broughshane, Co.Antrim

W.J. (Willy) Dunlop
, Northern Ireland, UK
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: 
Polindra 2 W-Y 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
Polindra
Pollen Parent: 
Kanchenjunga 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1934
Brodie 1W-W seedling (White Knight x Conqueror) x Askelon
Kanchenjunga
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments white; corona opening pale cream, soon becoming white.

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