Frostkist
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Classification:
6 W-W[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Hybridizer:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1968
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: 
Charity May 6 Y-Y 
Cyril F. Coleman, England
Year Registered: 1948
Mitylene x N. cyclamineus
Charity May
Pollen Parent: 
open pollinated
Seedling Number:
W01/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 102 mm wide; perianth segments reflexed; corona opening pale lemon yellow, becoming white. Resembles a white ‘Charity May’ with larger flowers.

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FrostkistFrostkist, 6 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1968
Photo #7436 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsFrostkistFrostkist, 6 W-W, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1968
Photo #4705 Wells Knierim, USA