Mercato
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Classification:
2 W-YYO[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

J. Berbee

Lisse, Holland

J. Berbee
, the Netherlands
Registered:
Yes, before 1945
Awards:

EFA Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Early Forcing Award (EFA).

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1946.EFA Haarlem 1946; 
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: 
John Evelyn 2 W-O 
William F.M. Copeland, England
Year Registered: 1920
Tunis x Therapia
John Evelyn
Pollen Parent: 
Elly Ney 3 W-R 
de Graaff Bros., the Netherlands
Year Registered: 1925
Elly Ney
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Corona widely expanded.

Synonyms:

'Maracata', 'Marcata', 'Mercator#'

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MercatoMercato, 2 W-YYO, J. Berbee, the Netherlands, 1945
Photo #29031 Catalog Zandenberg, the Netherlands