Chief Inspector
Classification:
1 W-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Registered:
Yes, 1982
Registrant:

Rathowen Daffodils

Rathowen Daffodils
, Northern Ireland, UK
Seed Parent: 
April Harvest 1 W-Y 
Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1962
Consort x Preamble
April Harvest
Pollen Parent: 
Newcastle 1 W-Y 
W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1957
Niphetos x Kanchenjunga
Newcastle
Seedling Number:
198
Used as parent:
2 times as pollen
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 120 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, triangular in appearance, slightly mucronate, spreading, plane, of good substance, overlapping half; inner segments much narrower, square-shouldered at base, with margins wavy; corona cylindrical, smooth, deep golden yellow, with mouth expanded and even, rim entire and narrowly rolled. Resembles a larger-flowered ‘Newcastle’.

Origin of Name

Named in recognition of friend Sandy McCabe’s promotion to the rank of the Royal Ulster Constabularly.