Silent Cheer
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Classification:
3 W-YYR[ Small-Cupped ]
Season:
Mid-Season to Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
Hybridizer:

Tom Bloomer

b 1905 d 1989

Rathowen Daffodils, Dergmoney, Co. Tyrone, N. Ireland (1971-73)

Tom Bloomer
, Northern Ireland, UK
Registered:
Yes, 1964
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: 
Bravura 3 W-O 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1937
Folly x Sunstar
Bravura
Pollen Parent: 
Glenwherry 3 W-R 
W.J. (Willy) Dunlop, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1947
Isola x Sunstar
Glenwherry
Seedling Number:
2/69/51
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Silent Cheer
Descendants:
None
Comments

Corona yellow, with a broad band of deep red at rim.

Origin of Name

Part of Tom Bloomer’s “Silent Series.”

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size photos  

Silent cheerSilent Cheer, 3 W-YYR, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1964
Photo #12681 Mary Lou Gripshover, USASilent cheerSilent Cheer, 3 W-YYR, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1964
Photo #8323 Mary Lou Gripshover, USASilent cheerSilent Cheer, 3 W-YYR, Tom Bloomer, Northern Ireland, 1964
Photo #3529 Mary Lou Gripshover, USA