Persuasion
Classification:
2 W-OOY[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Guy L. Wilson

b 1885 d 1962

Broughshane, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland

Guy L. Wilson
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1963
Registrant:

M.J. Jefferson-Brown

M.J. Jefferson-Brown
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: 
Blarney 3 W-OOY 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1935
Mitylene x Sunstar
Blarney
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

A description according to the 1963 Jefferson-Brown catalog: “Elegant in pose, refined in its silken texture and form, Persuasion is welcome as its colour is delightful and unusual. Wide pointed petals are a shining snow white and satin smooth, the shallow cups are a delightful pale salmon with a circle of cream.”

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