Chickadee
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Classification:
6 Y-O[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
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, 1959
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: 
Rubra 2 W-YYO 
H. A. (Harry) Brown, Australia
Year Registered: 1933
Rubra
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
085/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments oblong, prominently mucronate, soft yellow, strongly reflexed, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segments ovate; corona short cylinder-shaped, lightly and broadly ribbed, pale orange, sometimes deeper in tone, mouth straight, wavy, with rim notched. Resembles ‘Dove Wings’ but with a shorter and more nearly straight-sided corona.

Origin of Name

Part of Grant Mitsch’s “Bird Series”. Named after the bird, Chickadee, in this case, probably the Black-Capped Chickadee that is native in the state of Oregon.

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ChickadeeChickadee, 6 Y-O, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1959
Photo #15311 Hein Meeuwissen, the Netherlands