Herrick
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Classification:
9 W-R[ Poeticus ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

Rev. G.H. Engleheart

b 1851 d 1936

Appleshaw, Hampshire, England; Dinton, Wiltshire

Rev. G.H. Engleheart

photo of Rev. George Herbert Engleheart via the Wiltshire OPC Project

Rev. G.H. Engleheart
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1897
Awards:

AM 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 Royal Horticultural Society in 1901.AM 1901; 
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: 
Ornatus 9 W-YYR 
James Walker, England
Year Registered: 1870
Ornatus
Pollen Parent: 
N. radiiflorus var. poetarum Division 13 Species
Section: Narcissus
N. radiiflorus var. poetarum
?
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. large, of strong substance; perianth segments pure white, slightly reflexed; corona disc-shaped, deep red.

According to the Caerhays Estate website:  “On 5th April 1897 J.C. Williams and his lifelong friend, P.D. Williams visited Appleshaw and both made significant purchase from Engleheart.  Shortly after their visit JCW purchased ‘a whole bed’ of 2 year old daffodil seedlings from Engleheart, including ‘Herrick’.”

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

HerrickHerrick, 9 W-R, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1897
Photo #25504 Barr Catalog, England