Smiles
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Classification:
2 W-WWP[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Late
Height:
Standard - 32.5 to 67.5 cm (12.8 to 26.6 in)
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, 1962
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: 
Green Island 2 W-GWY 
J. Lionel Richardson, Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
Gracious x Seraglio
Green Island
Pollen Parent: 
Glenshane 2 W-W 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1941
Silver Plane x Rinsey ?
Glenshane
Seedling Number:
N50/3
Pedigree Chart:
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Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. rounded, 102 mm wide; perianth segments very broadly ovate, spreading, with margins incurling at apex, overlapping half; the inner segments slightly inflexed, shouldered at base, with margins wavy; corona short funnel-shaped, broad, ribbed at base, smoother towards mouth, opening pale lemon, becoming almost white, with coral pink at rim, mouth straight, with six overlapping lobes, frilled. Resembles ‘Caro Nome’ in form but with a distinctive corona.

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SmilesSmiles, 2 W-WWP, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1962
Photo #5158 Grant E. Mitsch, USA