Sesame
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Classification:
3 Y-GYO[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Edward (Ted) W. Cotter

d 1977. Christchurch, New Zealand

Edward (Ted) W. Cotter
, South Island, New Zealand
Registered:
Yes, 1968
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: 
Tryst 2 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1944
Silver Coin x Armoy
Tryst
Pollen Parent: 
seedling
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

A description according to Cotter’s 1972-73 catalog: “A delightful small flower measuring 3 ¼ inches across and of the same breeding as ‘Arrowsmith’. This is a flower of superb quality and distinctive appearance. Perianth is compose of widely overlapping segments of a pale, greenish, lemon colour; the neatly frilled yellow corona has a sharply defined edging of luminous orange and emerald green throat. Flower are held erect on strong 17 inch stems. Good plant and moderate increase.”

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