Medalist
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Classification:
2 W-YPP[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1956
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, 1967
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: 
Mabel Taylor 2 W-WPP 
Alister Clark, Australia
Year Registered: 1955
Mabel Taylor
Pollen Parent: 
Caro Nome 2 W-WPP 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1954
Green Island x Glenshane
Caro Nome
Seedling Number:
R49/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 108 mm wide, of good poise; perianth segments deeply overlapping; corona bowl-shaped, large, creamy yellow, with pink and lilac shading.

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