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

Sydney C. Gaspar

b 1890 d 1954

East Tairei, New Zealand

Sydney C. Gaspar
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1957
Registrant:

Ron J. Abernathy

Ron J. Abernathy
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: 
Onawe 3 Y-? 
Sydney C. Gaspar, New Zealand
Year Registered: 1957
Onawe
Pollen Parent: 
Dunkeld 2 Y-O 
The Brodie of Brodie, Scotland
Year Registered: 1934
Seraglio x Killigrew
Dunkeld
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments golden yellow, of good substance; corona shallow, reddish orange, with a distinct band of gold at base.

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