Polar Fire
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Classification:
3 W-O[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

John A. Hunter

Nelson, New Zealand

John A. Hunter
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1966
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: 
Jean Hood 2 W-OOR 
David V. West and Hubert Fell, Australia
Year Registered: 1935
Bernardino x Horace
Jean Hood
Pollen Parent: 
Monaco 2 W-O 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1937
Warlock x Penquite
Monaco
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. 111 mm wide; corona reddish orange. Resembles a larger ‘Forfar’ of improved form.

Origin of Name

Part of John Hunter’s “Polar Series”.

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