Butter Bowl
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Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Guy L. Wilson

b 1885 d 1962

Broughshane, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland

Guy L. Wilson
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1931
Awards:

*HC(g) Award

This plant earned the status of Highly Commended (HC)

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1936.*HC(g) 1936; 
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Seed Parent: 
Leontes 2 Y-Y 
Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales
Year Registered: 1913
Beacon x Lord Roberts
Leontes
Pollen Parent: 
Seahorse 1 Y-Y 
Rev. Geo. Philip Haydon, England
Year Registered: 1910
Seahorse
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Butter Bowl
Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments lemon yellow; corona expanded, pale buttercup yellow.

According to The American Horticultural Society’s 1937 issue of the The American Daffodil Year Book, Guy L. Wilson’s article “Some Modern Daffodils for Garden Decoration” states: “Butter Bowl, one of my own raising, is another excellent yellow of fine form and quality : later than any of the foregoing, it is useful for succession.”

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images  

Butter BowlButter Bowl, 2 Y-Y, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1931
Photo #53160 Garden Club of Virginia, USAButter bowlButter Bowl, 2 Y-Y, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1931
Photo #28524 Guy L. Wilson Catalog, Northern Ireland