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

P. de Jager and Sons

P. de Jager and Sons
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, 1963
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: 
Criterion 2 W-OOY 
de Graaff-Gerharda, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1930
Criterion
Pollen Parent: 
Pink Fancy 2 W-P 
L. van Leeuwen and Son, the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1943
(Mrs. R.O. Backhouse x unknown)
Pink Fancy
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 92 mm wide; perianth segments ivory white; corona with light yellow at rim.

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Gay balladGay Ballad, 2 W-WWY, P. de Jager and Sons, the Netherlands, 1963
Photo #22470 Heath Family Archives, USA