Helen O'Hara
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Classification:
1 W-W[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Lionel Richardson

b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, before 1926
Awards:

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 1923.AM(e) 1923; 
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.

Seed Parent: 
Madame de Graaff 1 W-W 
de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1887
Empress x N. albescens
Madame de Graaff
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. ivory white; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, very slightly mucronate, strongly inflexed, with margins wavy, recurved and sometimes nicked, overlapping one-third to a half; corona cylindrical, smooth, opening pale primrose yellow, soon becoming white, mouth expanded and lightly frilled, rim flanged and broadly crenate.

Synonyms:

'Miss Helen O'Hara'

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images  

Helen O'HaraHelen O'Hara, 1 W-W, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1926
Photo #54444 Albert F. Calvert, EnglandHelen o'haraHelen O'Hara, 1 W-W, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1926
Photo #25502 Barr Catalog, England