Fire Rocket
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Classification:
2 W-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Lionel Richardson

b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, 1967
Registrant:

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson
, Ireland
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: 
Kilworth 2 W-YOO 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
White Sentinel x Hades
Kilworth
Pollen Parent: 
Avenger 2 W-R 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1957
Kilworth x Arbar
Avenger
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 97 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate; corona reddish orange, dentate. Resembles ‘Rameses’.

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Fire rocketFire Rocket, 2 W-O, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1967
Photo #4695 Wells Knierim, USA