Roger
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Classification:
6 Y-O[ Cyclamineus ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Dwarf - less than 32.5 cm (12.8 in)
Hybridizer:

Alec Gray

b 1895 d 1986

St Mary's, Isles of Scilly, England; Truro, Cornwall; Camborne,

Alec Gray
, England, UK
Registered:
Yes, before 1952
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: 
Beryl 6 W-YYO 
Percival D. Williams, England
Year Registered: 1907
Chaucer x N. cyclamineus
Beryl
Pollen Parent: 
Nor-Nor 2 Y-YYO 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1941
Nor-Nor
Chromosomes:
37
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Roger
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. of strong substance; perianth segments broadly ovate, creamy yellow, sometimes becoming whitish, spreading, with margins sometimes incurved, overlapping a quarter to one-third; the inner segments somewhat twisted or with margins wavy; corona cup-shaped, ribbed, orange, shading to a darker tone at rim, with mouth even and rim minutely crenate. Sunproof. Resembles a larger ‘Beryl’ with coloring midway between that and ‘Nor-Nor’.

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RogerRoger, 6 Y-O, Alec Gray, England, 1952
Photo #46203 Quality Daffodils, EnglandRogerRoger, 6 Y-O, Alec Gray, England, 1952
Photo #41481 Kirby Fong, USARogerRoger, 6 Y-O, Alec Gray, England, 1952
Photo #34230 Dryad Nursery, EnglandRogerRoger, 6 Y-O, Alec Gray, England, 1952
Photo #15348 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsRogerRoger, 6 Y-O, Alec Gray, England, 1952
Photo #15347 Hein Meeuwissen, the NetherlandsRogerRoger, 6 Y-O, Alec Gray, England, 1952
Photo #15285 Ben Blake, USARogerRoger, 6 Y-O, Alec Gray, England, 1952
Photo #15284 Ben Blake, USARogerRoger, 6 Y-O, Alec Gray, England, 1952
Photo #15283 Ben Blake, USARogerRoger, 6 Y-O, Alec Gray, England, 1952
Photo #15282 Ben Blake, USA