Perseus
Classification:
1 W-W[ Trumpet Long-Cupped ]
Season:
Spring
Hybridizer:

J. Lionel Richardson

b 1890 d 1961

crd 1911. Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland

J. Lionel Richardson
, Ireland
Registered:
Yes, 1963
Registrant:

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson

Helen K. (Nell) Richardson
, Ireland
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: 
Broughshane 1 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Trostan x Kanchenjunga
Broughshane
Pollen Parent: 
Brussels 1 W-W 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1945
Ledbury x Broughshane
Brussels
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. pure white; corona with rim rolled.

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PerseusPerseus, 1 W-W, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1963
Photo #49252 Noeline McLaren, New ZealandPerseusPerseus, 1 W-W, J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland, 1963
Photo #49251 Noeline McLaren, New Zealand