Checkmate
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Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

David S. Bell

b 1905 d 1987

Christchurch, New Zealand; Templeton

David S. Bell
, South Island, New Zealand
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.

Seed Parent: 
Dunkeld 2 Y-O 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1934
Seraglio x Killigrew
Dunkeld
Pollen Parent: 
Burgundy 2 Y-R 
George Lewis, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1955
Burgundy
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
15 times as seed, 13 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Corona bowl-shaped, red.

A description according to E.W. Cotter’s 1972-73 catalog: “A truly wonderful exhibition flower with a record championships. Bred from ‘Dunkeld’ x ‘Burgundy’, it is probably the finest red and yellow yet introduced Perianth is broad, rounded, smooth and of strong substance. The perfectly-balanced and rounded bowl-shaped crown is red to the base.”

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CheckmateCheckmate, 2 Y-R, David S. Bell, New Zealand, 1957
Photo #9604 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandCheckmateCheckmate, 2 Y-R, David S. Bell, New Zealand, 1957
Photo #9603 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandCheckmateCheckmate, 2 Y-R, David S. Bell, New Zealand, 1957
Photo #9602 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandCheckmateCheckmate, 2 Y-R, David S. Bell, New Zealand, 1957
Photo #1394 Kirby Fong, USA