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Classification:
7 Y-W[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Year of first flowering:
1958
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, 1968
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: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Seedling Number:
T6/4
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Chat
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 1-2 per stem, 76 mm wide; perianth segments soft lemon yellow; corona opening yellow, becoming white. Resembles ‘Verdin’ but with larger and fewer flowers per stem.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series”. Named after the bird, Yellow-breasted Chat, which are native in the state of Oregon.

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ChatChat, 7 Y-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1968
Photo #56164 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsChatChat, 7 Y-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1968
Photo #15310 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsChatChat, 7 Y-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1968
Photo #4604 Wells Knierim, USA