Parnassus
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Classification:
4 W-W[ Double ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Edward (Ted) W. Cotter

d 1977. Christchurch, New Zealand

Edward (Ted) W. Cotter
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1968
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: 
Silver Rose 4 W-Y 
William F.M. Copeland, England
Year Registered: 1928
Silver Rose
Pollen Parent: 
Green Island 2 W-GWY 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Gracious x Seraglio
Green Island
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

A description according to Cotter’s 1972-73 catalog: “An attractive medium sized white double bread ‘Silver Rose’ x ‘Green island’. Flower is composed of three rows of pure white petals of good substance and quality, while the center petaloids are deep cream. A lovely flower posed on tall, strong stem. Probably useful in breeding pinks Robust plant, good increaser.”

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