Golden Ducat
Classification:
4 Y-Y[ Double ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Speelman and Sons

Speelman and Sons
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1946
Awards:

*AM(p) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified for cultivation in pots, Pans or bowls

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1978.*AM(p) 1978; 

FCC(e) Award

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1952.FCC(e) 1952; 

FCC Haarlem Award

This plant earned the First Class Certificate (FCC).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1950.FCC Haarlem 1950; 

AM(e) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

Qualified as a show flower.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1950.AM(e) 1950; 

AM Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1946.AM Haarlem 1946; 
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: 
King Alfred 1 Y-Y 
John Kendall, England
Year Registered: 1899
Maximus x Emperor
King Alfred
sport
Chromosomes:
28
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 110 mm wide; perianth and other petaloid segments in several whorls, regularly superimposed, vivid yellow, with whitish mucro, waxy texture, overlapping 1/3; outer whorls broadly ovate, spreading, plane; inner whorls successively slightly narrower, slightly shorter, more strongly inflexed, margins incurved or wavy; the center whorl contorted and sharply inflexed; cup segments shorter than petaloid segments and interspersed among them, broad, slightly darker in tone, with rim crenate. Closely resembles a less readily forced ‘Planet’.

Was a major cut-flower variety, especially in Cornwall. 

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Golden DucatGolden Ducat, 4 Y-Y, Speelman and Sons, the Netherlands, 1946
Photo #39021 Marguerite Donkin, USAGolden DucatGolden Ducat, 4 Y-Y, Speelman and Sons, the Netherlands, 1946
Photo #39020 Marguerite Donkin, USAGolden DucatGolden Ducat, 4 Y-Y, Speelman and Sons, the Netherlands, 1946
Photo #32837 Rose Bradley, USAGolden DucatGolden Ducat, 4 Y-Y, Speelman and Sons, the Netherlands, 1946
Photo #31438 RHS Yearbook, EnglandGolden DucatGolden Ducat, 4 Y-Y, Speelman and Sons, the Netherlands, 1946
Photo #31417 RHS Yearbook, EnglandGolden ducatGolden Ducat, 4 Y-Y, Speelman and Sons, the Netherlands, 1946
Photo #20768 Quality Daffodils, EnglandGolden ducatGolden Ducat, 4 Y-Y, Speelman and Sons, the Netherlands, 1946
Photo #20325 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaGolden ducatGolden Ducat, 4 Y-Y, Speelman and Sons, the Netherlands, 1946
Photo #9672 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandGolden ducatGolden Ducat, 4 Y-Y, Speelman and Sons, the Netherlands, 1946
Photo #6452 Mary Durtschi, USAGolden ducatGolden Ducat, 4 Y-Y, Speelman and Sons, the Netherlands, 1946
Photo #6052 Steve Taylor, USA