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Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1984
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, 2004
Registrant:

Richard and Elise Havens

Richard Havens b 1940, d 2014

Elise Havens, daughter of Grant E. Mitsch

Richard and Elise Havens of Hubbard, Oregon, USA, continued her father's business "Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils" from 1989 though 2015.

Richard and Elise Havens
, Oregon, USA
Seed Parent: 
Precedent 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Mabel Taylor x Green Island
Precedent
Pollen Parent: 
Magician 2 W-R 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1979
(Accent x Rose Caprice) x Cool Flame
Magician
Seedling Number:
2T10/20
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 100 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate or roundish, rounded at apex and sometimes truncate, only slightly mucronate, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, with midrib showing, overlapping half or more; the inner segments creased; corona bowl-shaped, ribbed, coral or peach pink, with a darker tone at rim, mouth expanded and frilled, with rim dentate.

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Gateway to springGateway to Spring, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2004
Photo #13052 Tom Stettner, USAGateway to springGateway to Spring, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2004
Photo #1717 Kirby Fong, USAGateway to springGateway to Spring, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2004
Photo #604 Ben Blake, USA