Embassy
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Classification:
3 Y-YYR[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Edward (Ted) W. Cotter

d 1977. Christchurch, New Zealand

Edward (Ted) W. Cotter
, South Island, New Zealand
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: 
(
Artist's Model 2 W-OOY 
George Lewis, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1939
Nene Beauty x Zillah
Artist's Model
x unknown )
Pollen Parent: 
Orissa 3 Y-YYO 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1943
Seraglio x Aviemore
Orissa
?
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Embassy#
Descendants:
None
Comments

A description according to Cotter’s 1972-73 catalog: “A fine, large flower exceeding four inches in diameter, and with tough, leathery petals of satin-smooth finish, evenly coloured bright yellow. It inherits a perfectly flat cup form its seed parent, ‘Artist’s Model’, the pollen parent probably being ‘Orissa’. The flat cup is of a darker yellow than the perianth and is banded orange-red. Erect flower; tall stem; sturdy plant.”

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