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Classification:
6 W-P[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1982
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, 2007
Registrant:

Richard and Elise Havens

Richard Havens b 1940, d 2014

Elise Havens, daughter of Grant E. Mitsch

Richard and Elise Havens of Hubbard, Oregon, USA, continued her father's business "Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils" from 1989 though 2015.

Richard and Elise Havens
, Oregon, USA
Seed Parent: 
(
Accent 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Interim x Interlude
Accent
x
Debutante 2 W-P 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1956
Wild Rose x Rose Caprice
Debutante
)
Pollen Parent: 
Cotinga 6 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1976
(Mitylene x N. cyclamineus) x open pollinated
Cotinga
Seedling Number:
2R37/6
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Northern Skies
Descendants:
None
Comments

Intense corona color of true pink, containing very little yellow, along with white, fully and evenly reflexed, smooth perianth. Shortish rather wide bell shaped corona. Heavy substance throughout.

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Northern SkiesNorthern Skies, 6 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2007
Photo #57491 Becky Fox Matthews, USANorthern SkiesNorthern Skies, 6 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2007
Photo #51020 Kirby Fong, USANorthern skiesNorthern Skies, 6 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2007
Photo #47497 Mary Lou Gripshover, USANORTHERN SKIESNorthern Skies, 6 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2007
Photo #38795 Michael Baxter, EnglandNorthern skiesNorthern Skies, 6 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2007
Photo #18269 Ralph Sowell, USANorthern skiesNorthern Skies, 6 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2007
Photo #13073 Tom Stettner, USANorthern skiesNorthern Skies, 6 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2007
Photo #12190 Elise Havens, USANorthern skiesNorthern Skies, 6 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 2007
Photo #8392 Elise Havens, USA