Butterscotch
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Classification:
2 Y-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 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, 1962
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: 
Golden Torch 2 Y-Y 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1938
Golden Road x (Samarkand x G.L. Wilson 1Y-Y seedling~ )
Golden Torch
Pollen Parent: 
Galway 2 Y-Y 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1943
Royalist ? x Crocus ?
Galway
Seedling Number:
29/1
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
9 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 120 mm wide, deep golden yellow; perianth segments plane, very smooth; corona flared and tightly frilled. Resembles a larger-flowered ‘Galway’ of darker color.

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ButterscotchButterscotch, 2 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #40495 Becky Fox Matthews, USAButterscotchButterscotch, 2 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #40494 Becky Fox Matthews, USAButterscotchButterscotch, 2 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #16605 Becky Fox Matthews, USAButterscotchButterscotch, 2 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #16604 Becky Fox Matthews, USAButterscotchButterscotch, 2 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #9580 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandButterscotchButterscotch, 2 Y-Y, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #5934 George Tarry, England