Merton
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Classification:
2 W-Y[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Year of first flowering:
1942
Hybridizer:

Crawford E. Radcliff

b 1879 d 1949

Crawford Ernest Radcliff; . Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Crawford E. Radcliff
, Tasmania, Australia
Registered:
Yes, 1956
Registrant:

J. M. Radcliff

d 1992

B 1908. Devonport, Tasmania, Australia

J. M. Radcliff
, Tasmania, Australia
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: 
Mitylene 2 W-Y 
Rev. G.H. Engleheart, England
Year Registered: 1923
(Beacon x unknown)
Mitylene
Pollen Parent: 
Dawnglow 1 W-P 
Crawford E. Radcliff, Australia
Year Registered: 1935
Rosary x Pink o' Dawn
Dawnglow
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Perianth segments pure white, of thick substance; corona bowl-shaped, yellow.

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