Falstaff
Classification:
3 W-YYO[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

William Backhouse

b 1807 d 1869

Wolsingham, Durham, England

William Backhouse
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1869
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.

Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate, prominently mucronate, somewhat spathulate, pure white, spreading or a little inflexed, separated at base, sometimes overlapping at shoulder; the inner segments more narrowly spathulate, with margins wavy; corona small bowl-shaped, ribbed, lemon yellow, with a band of pale orange at rim, lightly frilled.

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

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

FalstaffFalstaff, 3 W-YYO, William Backhouse, England, 1869
Photo #57766 American Daffodil Society, USAFalstaffFalstaff, 3 W-YYO, William Backhouse, England, 1869
Photo #57257 American Daffodil Society, USAFalstaffFalstaff, 3 W-YYO, William Backhouse, England, 1869
Photo #49923 Unknown Historic Source