Canasta
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Classification:
11a W-Y[ Split-Cupped Collar ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Gerritsen and Son

J. Gerritsen and Son
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1957
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.

Chromosomes:
27
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
7 times as seed, 5 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, not prominently mucronate, pure white, spreading, overlapping 1/3 to 1/2; inner segments more narrowly ovate, more nearly acute, sometimes twisted; corona split to base, the six segments 2/3 the length of the perianth segments, opposite and closely overlying them and joined at margins at base, more or less deeply bi-lobed, bright yellow, heavily frilled, with rim entire.

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CanastaCanasta, 11a W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1957
Photo #51374 Heath Family Archives, USACanastaCanasta, 11a W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1957
Photo #45090 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaCanastaCanasta, 11a W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1957
Photo #41316 John F. McLennan, New ZealandCanastaCanasta, 11a W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1957
Photo #9590 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandCanastaCanasta, 11a W-Y, J. Gerritsen and Son, the Netherlands, 1957
Photo #6719 J.N. Hancock and Co., Australia