Eland
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Classification:
7 W-W[ Jonquilla ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
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, 1968
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Aircastle 3 W-Y 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Green Island x Chinese White
Aircastle
Pollen Parent: 
N. jonquilla Division 13 Species
Section: Jonquilla
N. jonquilla
Seedling Number:
Z2/14
Chromosomes:
21
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fls 2-3 per stem, rounded, 76 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, only very slightly mucronate, pure white, spreading, plane, with midrib showing, overlapping half; the inner segments a little inflexed, with margins wavy; corona shallow bowl-shaped, opening pale lemon yellow, becoming white, with mouth lightly frilled.

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ElandEland, 7 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1968
Photo #12108 Juan Andres Varas Braun, ChileElandEland, 7 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1968
Photo #10265 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandElandEland, 7 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1968
Photo #5952 George Tarry, England