Homer
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Classification:
9 W-OOR[ Poeticus ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
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:

FCC 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 Royal Horticultural Society in 1898.FCC 1898; 
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
Chromosomes:
14
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Cartridge & Goodwin 1914 catalog: eye orange with broad band of crimson; Perianth segments of firm substance; corona orange, with a very broad band of clear deep crimson at rim. Resembles N. radiiflorus var. poetarum but with a much larger perianth. Flowering at the same time as ‘Ornatus’.

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

HomerHomer, 9 W-OOR, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1897
Photo #25505 Barr Catalog, EnglandHomerHomer, 9 W-OOR, Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England, 1897
Photo #881 Hubert Bourne, USA