Portia
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Classification:
3 W-Y[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Crawford E. Radcliff

b 1879 d 1949

Crawford Ernest Radcliff; . Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Crawford E. Radcliff
, Tasmania, Australia
Registered:
Yes, before 1933
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: 
Pink'un 2 W-YYP 
Leonard Buckland, Australia
Year Registered: 1912
Maria Magdaline de Graaff
Pink'un
Pollen Parent: 
Mayflower 3 W-O 
Mrs. R.O. (Sarah) Backhouse, England
Year Registered: 1921
Mayflower
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Both Seed and Pollen fertile
Used as parent:
1 time as seed, 21 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Perianth segments pure white, deeply overlapping; corona shallow, ribbed, pale primrose yellow.

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PortiaPortia, 3 W-Y, Crawford E. Radcliff, Australia, 1933
Photo #31222 RHS Yearbook, England