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

de Graaff Bros.

de Graaff Bros.

Photo: Simon Adriaan de Graaff
From 1914 RHS Daffodil Year Book

de Graaff Bros.
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1927
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: 
King Alfred 1 Y-Y 
John Kendall, England
Year Registered: 1899
Maximus x Emperor
King Alfred
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

RHS Classification is 1 (b). A description according to 1947 Max Schling Seedsmen catalog: “Very delicately colored giant trumpet of moderate size; cream colored perianth and pale lemon yellow trumpet slightly recurved at mouth; King Alfred seedling; early.”

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

JeftaJefta, 1 W-, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #45993 Oregon Bulb Farms, USAJeftaJefta, 1 W-, de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands, 1927
Photo #45992 Oregon Bulb Farms, USA