Dauntless
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Classification:
1 Y-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
pre 1897
Hybridizer:

Rev. G.H. Engleheart

b 1851 d 1936

Appleshaw, Hampshire, England; Dinton, Wiltshire

Rev. G.H. Engleheart

photo of Rev. George Herbert Engleheart via the Wiltshire OPC Project

Rev. G.H. Engleheart
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1897
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Seed Parent: 
N. obvallaris Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. obvallaris
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Dauntless#
Descendants:
None
Comments

Corona frilled.

According to the Caerhays Estate website:  “On 5th April 1897 J.C. Williams and his lifelong friend, P.D. Williams visited Appleshaw and both made significant purchase from Engleheart.  Shortly after their visit JCW purchased ‘a whole bed’ of 2 year old daffodil seedlings from Engleheart, including ‘Dauntless’.”

In the 1916 RHS Classification List, this cultivar was designated to be either lost to cultivation or surpassed by modern varieties.

There are no photos of "Dauntless" in Daffseek.