Smiling Maestro
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Classification:
2 Y-R[ Large-Cupped ]
Season:
Early to Mid-Season
Height:
Tall - greater than 67.5 cm (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, 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: 
Paricutin 2 Y-R 
Grant E. Mitsch, United States
Year Registered: 1952
Klingo x Ardour
Paricutin
Pollen Parent: 
Armada 2 Y-O 
Guy L. Wilson, Northern Ireland
Year Registered: 1938
15/7 {[Princess Mary x (Emperor x King Alfred)] x Fortune} x Cornish Fire ?
Armada
Seedling Number:
R106/3
Pedigree Chart:
Pedigree TreeClick this icon to display the Pedigree Chart for Smiling Maestro
Descendants:
None
Comments

Fl. 127 mm wide; perianth segments rich yellow; corona shallow, widely expanded. Resembles a smaller a later-flowered ‘Paricutin’.

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Smiling MaestroSmiling Maestro, 2 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1964
Photo #54859 Christopher Harley, USASmiling maestroSmiling Maestro, 2 Y-R, Grant E. Mitsch, United States, 1964
Photo #5159 Grant E. Mitsch, USA