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Classification:
3 W-Y[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Variation:
Daffodil color or division may vary as the bloom reaches full maturity.
Year of first flowering:
1977
Hybridizer:

Sidney DuBose

Stockton, California, USA

Sidney DuBose
, California, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1997
Special Class:
ADS Intermediates

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Intermediate-Sized Daffodils".

The ADS defines an intermediate daffodil as a standard daffodil in Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, or 11 having a single floret whose diameter is typically greater than 50mm and through 80mm.

Intermediate daffodils may be entered in ADS show exibition classes for standard daffodils as well as classes reserved for intermediate daffodils.

Seed Parent: 
Olivet 2 W-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Broughshane x Chinese White
Olivet
Pollen Parent: 
Olivet 2 W-W 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1958
Broughshane x Chinese White
Olivet
Seedling Number:
E71-1
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Half Tone
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 65 mm wide, aging to Y-W small flat cup opens with dainty yellow rim before maturing to yellow; Varies between Divs 3 and 2. Parent Note: Parents are ‘Olivet’ selfed.

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Half toneHalf Tone, 3 W-Y, Sidney DuBose, United States, 1997
Photo #3337 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA