Franciscus Drake
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Classification:
2 WWY-YOO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse

b 1857 d 1921

Hereford, Herefordshire, England

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, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1921
Awards:

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1926.AM Haarlem 1926; 
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.

Fertility:
Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments pure white, tinted gold at base; corona widely expanded, orange, paling to golden yellow at base, with mouth closely frilled.

2015, color code changed from WWY-YYO to WWY-YOO.

Synonyms:

'Francisca Drake'

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Franciscus DrakeFranciscus Drake, 2 WWY-YOO, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #61105 Ross Hornsby, USAFranciscus DrakeFranciscus Drake, 2 WWY-YOO, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #60170 Vee Kozma, USAFranciscus DrakeFranciscus Drake, 2 WWY-YOO, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #60138 Vee Kozma, USAFranciscus DrakeFranciscus Drake, 2 WWY-YOO, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #46914 Deb Pratt, USAFranciscus DrakeFranciscus Drake, 2 WWY-YOO, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #46844 Heath Family Archives, USAFranciscus DrakeFranciscus Drake, 2 WWY-YOO, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #45973 Oregon Bulb Farms, USAFranciscus drakeFranciscus Drake, 2 WWY-YOO, Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England, 1921
Photo #603 Ben Blake, USA