Gay Mood
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Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
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, 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: 
Green Island 2 W-GWY 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Gracious x Seraglio
Green Island
Pollen Parent: 
[ (
White Sentinel 2 W-Y 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1915
Beacon x 2 W-W seedling~
White Sentinel
x
Mrs. R.O. Backhouse 2 W-P 
Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1921
Lord Kitchener ? x 3W-R seedling~
Mrs. R.O. Backhouse
) x
Wild Rose 2 W-P 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1936
Mitylene x Evening
Wild Rose
]
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 102 mm wide; corona rose pink. Resembles ‘Leonaine’ but with a darker-toned and more heavily frilled corona.

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Gay moodGay Mood, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #3684 Elise Havens, USA