Fayum
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Classification:
3 W-O[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J.M. de Navarro

b 1896 d 1979

Broadway, Worcestershire, England

J.M. de Navarro
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1953
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: 
Monaco 2 W-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1937
Warlock x Penquite
Monaco
Pollen Parent: 
Matapan 3 W-R 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1941
Coronach x Forfar
Matapan
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments broadly ovate, prominently mucronate, snow white, smooth, regular, overlapping half; the inner segments slightly narrower, less obviously mucronate; corona orange, mouth widely expanded and frilled, with rim flanged.

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FayumFayum, 3 W-O, J.M. de Navarro, England, 1953
Photo #31437 RHS Yearbook, England