Charter
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Classification:
2 Y-WWY[ 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:

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, 1964
Registrant:

M.J. Jefferson-Brown

M.J. Jefferson-Brown
Awards:

*FCC(g) Award

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

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

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1971.*FCC(g) 1971; 

*AM(g) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for garden decoration

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

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1968.*AM(g) 1968; 

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1964.AM(e) 1964; 
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: 
Binkie 2 Y-W 
Guy L. Wilson and W. Wolfhagen, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Binkie
Pollen Parent: 
(
King of the North 1 Y-Y 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1909
King Alfred x Glory of Noordwijk
King of the North
x
Content 1 W-WWY 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1927
Lord Antrim ? x Beersheba ?
Content
)
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Charter
Fertility:
Believed to be Seed fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 108 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, light greenish yellow, with white at base and at midrib near prominent white mucro, spreading, with margins a little reflexed, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, a little inflexed, somewhat twisted or with margins wavy; corona funnel-shaped, smooth, opening yellow, soon becoming white, with light greenish yellow at rim, mouth straight, ribbed, a little frilled, rim notched and crenate.

Received the Royal Horticultural Society(RHS) Award of Garden Merit(AGM) in 1993 and the award was rescinded by the RHS in 2012.

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos  

CharterCharter, 2 Y-WWY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1964
Photo #45632 Michael Darlow, EnglandCharterCharter, 2 Y-WWY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1964
Photo #45631 Michael Darlow, EnglandCharterCharter, 2 Y-WWY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1964
Photo #45630 Michael Darlow, EnglandCharterCharter, 2 Y-WWY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1964
Photo #37843 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USACharterCharter, 2 Y-WWY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1964
Photo #37842 Jason Delaney PHS Daffodils, USACharterCharter, 2 Y-WWY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1964
Photo #32969 Rose Bradley, USACharterCharter, 2 Y-WWY, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1964
Photo #4603 Wells Knierim, USA