Figaro
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Classification:
2 Y-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

William Backhouse or Edward Leeds

b 1802 d 1877

Longford Bridge, Lancashire, England

William Backhouse or Edward Leeds
, 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.

Seed Parent: 
N. hispanicus Division 13 Species
Section: Pseudonarcissus
N. hispanicus
Pollen Parent: 
N. poeticus Division 13 Species
Section: Narcissus
N. poeticus
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. large; corona widely expanded, rich yellow, stained orange at rim.

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

“Absorbed” ‘Nabob’.

Synonyms:

'Incomparabilis Leedsii 'Expansus'', 'Incomparabilis Leedsii 'Figaro''

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