Crystal Arrow
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Classification:
6 Y-W[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to 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:
1985
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, 2001
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: 
Glisten 2 Y-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1979
(Playboy x Daydream) x open pollinated
Glisten
Pollen Parent: 
N. cyclamineus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. cyclamineus
Seedling Number:
2U26/2
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 65 mm wide, facing down; perianth segments oblong, squarish at apex, deep lemon yellow, with slight white mucro, strongly reflexed, somewhat creased, of heavy substance, overlapping one-third to a half; inner segments ovate, blunt; corona cylindrical, lightly ribbed, becoming pure white, mouth very slightly flared, with rim regularly crenate. Resembles a more deeply colored ‘Lemon Silk’ with a broader perianth. Sibling to ‘Articulate’.

Origin of Name

Part of the Haven’s “Arrow” Series.

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Crystal arrowCrystal Arrow, 6 Y-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2001
Photo #3260 Mary Lou Gripshover, USACrystal arrowCrystal Arrow, 6 Y-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2001
Photo #3259 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA