Magic Dawn
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Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1963
Special Class:
ADS Classics

In 2011, the American Daffodil Society (ADS) designated a new exhibition section for any daffodil registered between 1940 and 1969, inclusive named "Classics".

The ADS believed that such a section would interest a different segment of exhibitors and might encourage bulb growers to keep these post-war era cultivars available.

The ADS Historic daffodil period ended shortly after World War II started, when marketing and exporting of daffodils temporarily ceased.

When trade resumed, daffodils were different, improvements in form were most noticeable.

Seed Parent: 
Loch Maree 2 W-P 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1940
Easter Morn x Riva
Loch Maree
Pollen Parent: 
Radiation 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1954
White Sentinel x Mrs. R.O. Backhouse
Radiation
Seedling Number:
Q52/4
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Magic Dawn
Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
Descendants TreeClick this icon to display the Descendants of Magic Dawn
Comments

Fl. 108 mm wide; corona bowl-shaped, intense apricot pink. Resembles a more vigorous ‘Carita’ of more rapid increase.

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Magic dawnMagic Dawn, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1963
Photo #5131 Grant E. Mitsch, USA