Gold Else
Classification:
8 -[ Tazetta ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Unknown

Unknown
Originator:

M. van Waveren and Sons

M. van Waveren and Sons

Photo of G. H. van Waveren
From 1914 RHS Daffodil Year Book

M. van Waveren and Sons
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1930
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Descendants:
None
Comments

In the 1922 M. van Waveren and Sons bulb catalog as “Fair Alice” and “Gold Else” with two and three lovely yellow flowers of good size on a long stem.

The image from the catalog suggests this is a division 1 cultivar instead of a Div 8.   Perhaps this is an early version of Div 8 with just a few florets?

Synonyms:

'Fair Alice'

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Gold ElseGold Else, 8 -, Unknown Hybridizer, 1930
Photo #60132 Vee Kozma, USA