Diplomat
Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson

b 1868 d 1953

East Keal, Lincolnshire, England; Shovell, Somerset; Presteigne, Radnorshire (now Powys), Wales

Alexander (Alec) M. WilsonAlexander (Alec) M. Wilson
, Wales, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1937
Awards:

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1937.AM(e) 1937; 
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.

Seedling Number:
446
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 95 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, blunt, fairly prominently mucronate, greenish white, a little inflexed, smooth, overlapping one-third to a half; the inner segs a little narrower, reflexed in upper half, slightly twisted or with margins wavy, somewhat creased; corona cylindrical, smooth, lemon yellow, faintly flushed apricot orange, mouth flared, even, with rim notched and crenate

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DiplomatDiplomat, 2 W-Y, Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson, Wales, 1937
Photo #31270 RHS Yearbook, England