Duke of Bedford
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Classification:
1 W-Y[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Barr and Sons

See Peter Barr

Barr and SonsBarr and Sons
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1899
Awards:

AM Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

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

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1899.AM 1899; 
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.

Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
2 times as seed, 5 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 114 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, not noticeably mucronate, pure white, spreading, twisted, overlapping one-third; the inner segments inflexed; corona cylindrical, smooth, soft yellow, with mouth ribbed and rim widely flanged and boldly crenate.

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images  

Duke of BedfordDuke of Bedford, 1 W-Y, Barr and Sons, England, 1899
Photo #60055 Vee Kozma, USADuke of BedfordDuke of Bedford, 1 W-Y, Barr and Sons, England, 1899
Photo #43453 Albert F. Calvert, EnglandDuke of bedfordDuke of Bedford, 1 W-Y, Barr and Sons, England, 1899
Photo #25495 Barr Catalog, England