Castle of Mey
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Classification:
2 W-W[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 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 1953
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: 
(
Slemish 2 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1930
Findhorn x Beersheba
Slemish
x
Broughshane 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Trostan x Kanchenjunga
Broughshane
)
Pollen Parent: 
Murmansk 2 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1948
Samite x Slemish
Murmansk
Seedling Number:
37/38
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
8 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. pure ice white; perianth segments almost triangular in appearance, mucronate, plane, or a little concave at apex, smooth, overlapping half; the inner segments somewhat narrower, a little twisted, shouldered at base; corona funnel-shaped, ribbed, tint of cool sea green at base, mouth expanded, with rim flanged and crenate.

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Castle of MeyCastle of Mey, 2 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1953
Photo #40781 Derrick Turbitt, Northern IrelandCastle of MeyCastle of Mey, 2 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1953
Photo #31443 RHS Yearbook, EnglandCastle of meyCastle of Mey, 2 W-W, Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland, 1953
Photo #5937 George Tarry, England