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

Tom Bloomer

b 1905 d 1989

Rathowen Daffodils, Dergmoney, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland (1971-73)

Tom Bloomer
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1962
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: 
Fermoy 2 W-YOO 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Niphetos x Backhouse 263 seedling~ 2W-R
Fermoy
Pollen Parent: 
Arbar 2 W-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1948
Monaco x Forfar
Arbar
Seedling Number:
1/39/54
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Large expanded cup of deep red.

A description according to “Rathowen daffodils” 1973 catalog: “A striking flower of quality having broad smooth petals of good substance and a large expanded cup of deep red.”

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