Madison Center
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Classification:
2 Y-O[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Dr. John R. Reed

Buchanan, Michigan, USA; Niles, Michigan. Prop. Oakwood Daffodils

Dr. John R. Reed
, Michigan, USA
Registered:
Yes, 2000
Special Class:
ADS Intermediates

The American Daffodil Society maintains a "Suggested List of Intermediate-Sized Daffodils".

The ADS defines an intermediate daffodil as a standard daffodil in Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, or 11 having a single floret whose diameter is typically greater than 50mm and through 80mm.

Intermediate daffodils may be entered in ADS show exibition classes for standard daffodils as well as classes reserved for intermediate daffodils.

Seed Parent: 
Vulcan 2 Y-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
Carbineer x Ceylon
Vulcan
Pollen Parent: 
Sutton Court 1 Y-R 
William Ormston Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1966
Red Curtain x Brer Fox
Sutton Court
Seedling Number:
81-7-3
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. forming a double triangle, 80 mm wide, facing up; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, spreading, with margins incurved, of heavy substance, with midrib showing, overlapping; the inner segments narrower; corona funnel-shaped, smooth in lower half, ribbed above, with mouth flared and frilled, rim flanged and dentate. Sunproof. Sweetly scented.

Origin of Name

Named for the mental health agency for which the raiser’s wife worked.

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Madison CenterMadison Center, 2 Y-O, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 2000
Photo #50967 Kirby Fong, USAMadison centerMadison Center, 2 Y-O, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 2000
Photo #12217 Keith Kridler, USAMadison centerMadison Center, 2 Y-O, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 2000
Photo #12216 Keith Kridler, USAMadison centerMadison Center, 2 Y-O, Dr. John R. Reed, United States, 2000
Photo #12215 Keith Kridler, USA