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

Percival D. Williams

b 1865 d 1935

St Keverne, Cornwall, England

Percival D. Williams

From 1914 RHS Daffodil Yearbook

Percival D. Williams
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1927
Awards:

FA Haarlem Award

This plant earned the Forcing Award (FA).

Awarded by the Dutch "Koninklijke Algemeene Vereeniging voor Bloembollencultuur" (KAVB), or in English, the "Royal General Bulbgrowers' Association" from Haarlem, the Netherlands, in 1951.FA Haarlem 1951; 

*(Gulval)AM(m) Award

This plant earned the Award of Merit (AM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition

*Award made after trial.

Qualified as a market cultivar for cutting

Trials held at Cornwall County Experimental Station, Gulval, Cornwall, UK

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1936.*(Gulval)AM(m) 1936; 

*(Gulval)HC(m) Award

This plant earned the status of Highly Commended (HC)

*Award made after trial.

Qualified as a market cultivar for cutting

Trials held at Cornwall County Experimental Station, Gulval, Cornwall, UK

Trial held at The RHS Garden, Wisley, Surrey, UK..

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1935.*(Gulval)HC(m) 1935; 
Special Class:
ADS Historics

The ADS defines a Historic Daffodil as any cultivar formally registered with the Royal Horticultural Society or known in gardens prior to 1940.

The year 1939 at the end of this period, marked the beginning of World War II, a time during which fewer new daffodil cultivars were either created or made available, especially in Europe.

The ADS believes this class will interest a segment of exhibitors and may encourage bulb growers to keep these pre-war era cultivars available.

Because Historic daffodils tend to have less form than modern daffodils, they mmay be exhibited in special classes to compete against others iths same class.

Seed Parent: 
Unknown
Chromosomes:
28
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 90 mm wide, facing slightly downwards; perianth segments chrome yellow, overlapping half; corona expanded, sulfur yellow, with rim flanged and dentate.

Received FA(Haarlem) 1951 as ‘California’.

Origin of Name

Williams’ daffodil named ‘California’ was known as ‘Pentewan’ in Scilly. 

Synonyms:

'California'

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos or historic images  

PentewanPentewan, 2 Y-Y, Percival D. Williams, England, 1927
Photo #35432 Kirby Fong, USAPentewanPentewan, 2 Y-Y, Percival D. Williams, England, 1927
Photo #35431 Kirby Fong, USAPentewanPentewan, 2 Y-Y, Percival D. Williams, England, 1927
Photo #15799 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsPentewanPentewan, 2 Y-Y, Percival D. Williams, England, 1927
Photo #7839 Ian Tyler, England