Harpagon
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Classification:
3 Y-YYO[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

Alexander (Alec) M. Wilson

b 1868 d 1953

East Keal, Lincolnshire, England; Shovell, Somerset; Presteigne, Radnorshire (now Powys), Wales

Alexander (Alec) M. WilsonAlexander (Alec) M. Wilson
, Wales, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1913
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.

Chromosomes:
21
Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed, 2 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 89 mm wide; perianth segments pale primrose yellow, with margins lightly incurved, overlapping; corona very shallow, expanded, shading to bright reddish orange at rim.

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