Cherokee Red
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Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1972
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, 1990
Registrant:

Richard and Elise Havens

Richard Havens b 1940, d 2014

Elise Havens, daughter of Grant E. Mitsch

Richard and Elise Havens of Hubbard, Oregon, USA, continued her father's business "Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils" from 1989 though 2015.

Richard and Elise Havens
, Oregon, USA
Seed Parent: 
(
Armada 2 Y-O 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
15/7 {[Princess Mary x (Emperor x King Alfred)] x Fortune} x Cornish Fire ?
Armada
x
Paricutin 2 Y-R 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1952
Klingo x Ardour
Paricutin
)
Pollen Parent: 
Falstaff 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1960
Ceylon x 2Y-R seedling~ (Narvik x Marksman)
Falstaff
Seedling Number:
HH74/6
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Believed to be Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 90 mm wide; perianth segments deep yellow; corona disc-shaped, deep orange-red.

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Cherokee RedCherokee Red, 2 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1990
Photo #57410 Becky Fox Matthews, USACherokee RedCherokee Red, 2 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1990
Photo #57409 Becky Fox Matthews, USACherokee redCherokee Red, 2 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1990
Photo #3651 Elise Havens, USA