Precocious
Classification:
2 W-P[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (26.6 in)
Year of first flowering:
1966
Hybridizer:

Grant E. Mitsch

b 1907, d 1989.
Founded Grant Mitsch Novelty Daffodils, Canby, Oregon, USA

Grant E. Mitsch

Photo approx.1973

Grant E. Mitsch
, Oregon, USA
Registered:
Yes, 1976
Awards:

AGM Award

This plant earned the Award of Garden Merit (AGM).

Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.

Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2001.

AGM 2001; 
Seed Parent: 
Precedent 2 W-P 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1960
Mabel Taylor x Green Island
Precedent
Pollen Parent: 
Eclat 2 W-YPP 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1970
Caro Nome x Accent
Eclat
Seedling Number:
G13/1
Pedigree Chart:
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Fertility:
Seed fertile
Used as parent:
5 times as seed, 2 times as pollen
Descendants:
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Comments

Fl. rounded, 98 mm wide, facing slightly downwards; perianth segments very broadly ovate, only slightly mucronate, ivory white, spreading, a little concave and with margins slightly incurling at apex, overlapping half or more; corona bowl-shaped, shallow, broad, light yellowish pink with touches of a darker tone, paler towards base and at rim, mouth very deeply lobed and frilled, the lobes overlapping and appearing to be 3-lobed or to have extra growths at the margins.

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PrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #53947 Kevin Inkawhich, USAPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #52421 Graham J. Phillips, New ZealandPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #48227 Henry Shejbal, ItalyPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #47337 Guntis Grants, LatviaPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #45865 Brenda Lyon, AustraliaPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #42594 Peter Dealtrey, EnglandPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #41982 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #41456 Kirby Fong, USAPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #40708 John Scheepers Bulbs, Inc., USAPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #37102 Marguerite Donkin, USAPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #20833 Quality Daffodils, EnglandPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #15808 Carlos van der Veek, the NetherlandsPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #15554 Ben Blake, USAPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #10452 Gordon Coombes, New ZealandPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #9992 Ralph Sowell, USAPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #7485 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #6500 Mary Durtschi, USAPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #5609 Henry Shejbal, ItalyPrecociousPrecocious, 2 W-P, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1976
Photo #5146 Grant E. Mitsch, USA