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

Oregon Bulb Farms

Oregon Bulb Farms
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, before 1945
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.

Pollen Parent: 
Mrs. R.O. Backhouse 2 W-P 
Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1921
Lord Kitchener ? x 3W-R seedling~
Mrs. R.O. Backhouse
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Magic Pink
Descendants:
None
Comments

According to Jan deGraaff’s Record book of the 1951 descriptions of flowers then being grown at Oregon Bulb Farm: “4 inch diameter; well pointed, flat perianth; trumpet is long and heavily frilled at mouth, pink blushed throughout with a rose band blended in at mouth; as flower develops an effervescent blending of pinks and cream light up the interior of the trumpet.”

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Magic PinkMagic Pink, 2 W-P, Oregon Bulb Farms, United States, 1945
Photo #56855 Janet Hickman, USA